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Bug 1511626 - (CVE-2017-15112) CVE-2017-15112 keycloak-httpd-client-install: unsafe use of -p/--admin-password on command line
CVE-2017-15112 keycloak-httpd-client-install: unsafe use of -p/--admin-passwo...
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
unspecified
All Linux
low Severity low
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=low,public=20180105,reported=2...
: Reopened, Security
Depends On: 1533202 1531307 1531335 1531336 1531337 1531344 1531345 1531346
Blocks: 1517252
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Reported: 2017-11-09 13:15 EST by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2018-05-14 08:21 EDT (History)
17 users (show)

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Fixed In Version: keycloak 0.8
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In keycloak-http-client-install prior to version 0.8, the admin password could be provided through a command-line argument. This might result in the password being leaked through shell history, or becoming visible to a local attacker at the time the program is running.
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Last Closed: 2018-01-29 01:18:54 EST
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2017-11-09 13:15:39 EST
A flaw was discovered in keycloak-httpd-client-install version 0.6-2. The -p/--admin-password option ask for a password through the command line, possibly leaking it via command history.
Comment 4 Summer Long 2018-01-04 18:34:44 EST
Created keycloak-httpd-client-install tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1531307]
Comment 12 Andrej Nemec 2018-05-14 08:21:07 EDT
Statement:

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having security impact of Low. This issue may be fixed in a future version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

OpenStack users please note, this issue is present in:
* Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (Mitaka)
* Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 (Newton) 
* Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 (Ocata)

If a fixed version of keycloak-httpd-client-install is made available in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenStack customers should consume this package directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux channel (this occurs during normal updates).

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