SB2019070510 - Credentials management in libosinfo
Published: July 5, 2019 Updated: August 3, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019070510
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Credentials management (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13313)
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
libosinfo 1.5.0 allows local users to discover credentials by listing a process, because credentials are passed to osinfo-install-script via the command line.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/08/3
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3387
- https://gitlab.com/libosinfo/libosinfo/-/tags
- https://gitlab.com/libosinfo/libosinfo/blob/master/NEWS
- https://libosinfo.org/download/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AZU4IPPIR73NYC6E733QR26O5ZI6MMKJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EEZUZKC6YK4E3NXM7XKZOXY5X5PJSPIR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4AD73NGYBV7GYT4LFC3TC7AYBWOJTG4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HT44EYZZQFTK7XM6GKCYC4WUE7HYZVXM/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libosinfo/2019-July/msg00026.html