Bug 2060217 (CVE-2022-0851) - CVE-2022-0851 convert2rhel: Activation key passed via command line by code
Summary: CVE-2022-0851 convert2rhel: Activation key passed via command line by code
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2022-0851
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2060659 2060660 2119838
Blocks: 2054854
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-03-03 01:07 UTC by Todd Cullum
Modified: 2022-09-23 19:42 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2022-09-03 11:55:45 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:6266 0 None None None 2022-08-31 12:58:45 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:6268 0 None None None 2022-08-31 13:00:17 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:6269 0 None None None 2022-08-31 13:01:55 UTC

Description Todd Cullum 2022-03-03 01:07:28 UTC 
In convert2rhel's subscription.py file, code to register a system passes the activation key via the commandline. This could result in disclosure of the activation key to all users with local access to the system.

Reference:

1. https://github.com/oamg/convert2rhel/blob/main/convert2rhel/subscription.py#L135
Comment 4 Daniel Diblik 2022-08-24 14:53:32 UTC 
Verified by running automated tests.
rhel-7 [bug 2060659]
rhel-8 [bug 2060660]
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2022-08-31 12:58:42 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Convert2RHEL for RHEL-6

Via RHSA-2022:6266 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6266
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2022-08-31 13:00:14 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Convert2RHEL for RHEL-7

Via RHSA-2022:6268 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6268
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2022-08-31 13:01:53 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Convert2RHEL for RHEL-8

Via RHSA-2022:6269 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6269
Comment 8 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-09-03 11:55:44 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-2022-0851
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