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Bug 235198

Summary: ipmitool doesn't propose to hide the key as '-a' does for password.
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Reporter: Jose Plans <jplans>
Component: OpenIPMIAssignee: Phil Knirsch <pknirsch>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Version: 4.4CC: rvokal, tao
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Fixed In Version: RHBA-2007-0681 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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ipmitool-K-enhancement.patch none

Description Jose Plans 2007-04-04 13:50:26 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 Jose Plans 2007-04-04 13:50:26 UTC 
Created attachment 151658 [details]
ipmitool-K-enhancement.patch
Comment 2 Jose Plans 2007-04-04 13:53:10 UTC 
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 3 RHEL Program Management 2007-05-09 05:00:37 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 4 Phil Knirsch 2007-06-11 16:02:00 UTC 
Good patch. Devel ACK.

Read ya, Phil
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2007-11-15 15:57:59 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-2007-0681.html