Bug 238970

Summary:	ipmitool doesn't propose to hide the key as '-a' does for password.
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Jose Plans <jplans>
Component:	OpenIPMI	Assignee:	Phil Knirsch <pknirsch>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	5.0	CC:	rvokal, tao
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OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	RHBA-2008-0330	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Bug Depends On:	235198
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Description Jose Plans 2007-05-04 09:14:14 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #235198 +++

Description of problem:
When using ipmitool, a user can authenticate with a key and/or a password.
If the user does not want to have his/her password shown in a ps listing, they
can use the option '-a' to be prompted for it and not appear in the PID/cmdline.
But if they want to use a key, this one will be always shown... as there is no
possibility to be prompted for the key.

I believe this is a bug and could be treated as a very low security issue as
sysadmins do not want users to know their IPMI key.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
OpenIPMI-1.4.14 - ipmitool-1.8.7

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. ipmitool -v -k 12345323 -U root -a -H x4600-ilom.gsslab.rdu.redhat.com shell
2. ps

25470 pts/0    S+     0:00 ipmitool -v -k 12345323 -U root -a -H
x4600-ilom.gsslab.rdu.redhat.com shell
  
Actual results:
ps shows the key.

Expected results:
An option to avoid that key, -K with this patch.

Additional info:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1694175&group_id=95200&atid=610553
Sent upstream.

-- Additional comment from jplans on 2007-04-04 09:50 EST --
Created an attachment (id=151658)
ipmitool-K-enhancement.patch


-- Additional comment from jplans on 2007-04-04 09:53 EST --
This patch allows the user to run :
ipmitool -v -K -U root -a -H x4600-ilom.gsslab.rdu.redhat.com shell

And get prompted:
Key:
Password:

so in ps they get :
7291 pts/0    S+     0:00 ipmitool -v -K -U root -a -H
x4600-ilom.gsslab.rdu.redhat.com shell

instead so the key is hidden.

Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2007-10-16 04:00:50 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2008-05-21 14:32:10 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0330.html