Bug 2060129 (CVE-2022-0852) - CVE-2022-0852 convert2rhel: Red Hat account password passed via command line by code
Summary: CVE-2022-0852 convert2rhel: Red Hat account password passed via command line ...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2022-0852
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2060225 2060226 2077963
Blocks: 2054854
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-03-02 19:09 UTC by Todd Cullum
Modified: 2022-07-06 15:43 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2022-04-27 11:45:33 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:1599 0 None None None 2022-04-27 06:28:51 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:1617 0 None None None 2022-04-27 07:22:39 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:1618 0 None None None 2022-04-27 07:23:31 UTC

Description Todd Cullum 2022-03-02 19:09:41 UTC 
In convert2rhel's subscription.py file, code to register a system passes the password via the commandline. This could result in disclosure of the password to all users with local access to the system.

Reference:

1. https://github.com/oamg/convert2rhel/blob/main/convert2rhel/subscription.py#L156
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2022-04-27 06:28:49 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Convert2RHEL for RHEL-8

Via RHSA-2022:1599 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1599
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2022-04-27 07:22:36 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Convert2RHEL for RHEL-7

Via RHSA-2022:1617 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1617
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2022-04-27 07:23:29 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Convert2RHEL for RHEL-6

Via RHSA-2022:1618 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1618
Comment 6 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-04-27 11:45:31 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-0852
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