Bug 1140750 – VUL-1: CVE-2019-13314: virt-bootstrap: allows local users to discover root password via process listing

Bug 1140750 - (CVE-2019-13314) VUL-1: CVE-2019-13314: virt-bootstrap: allows local users to discover root password via process listing

(CVE-2019-13314)
Summary:	VUL-1: CVE-2019-13314: virt-bootstrap: allows local users to discover root pa...

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Classification:	Novell Products
Product:	SUSE Security Incidents
Classification:	Novell Products
Component:	Incidents
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P4 - Low Severity: Minor
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Assigned To:	Security Team bot
QA Contact:	Security Team bot

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/236541/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv3:SUSE:CVE-2019-13314:2.8:(AV:L/...
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Reported:	2019-07-08 15:52 UTC by Marcus Meissner
Modified:	2021-01-17 08:07 UTC (History)
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Description Marcus Meissner 2019-07-08 15:52:58 UTC

rh#1727770

virt-bootstrap 1.1.0 allows local users to discover a root password by listing a process, because this password may be present in the --root-password option to virt_bootstrap.py.

Reference:
https://github.com/virt-manager/virt-bootstrap/releases
https://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2019-July/msg00043.html

References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1727770
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2019-13314
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q3/17
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-13314
https://github.com/virt-manager/virt-bootstrap/releases
https://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2019-July/msg00043.html

Comment 1 Cédric Bosdonnat 2019-07-09 11:54:42 UTC

Submitted SR for Factory with release 1.1.1 including this patch.
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/714218

Subbmitted MR for SLES 15 with just the patch.
https://build.suse.de/request/show/196349

Comment 2 Cédric Bosdonnat 2019-07-12 07:07:47 UTC

SRs submitted, back to security team

Comment 3 Swamp Workflow Management 2020-10-27 17:14:33 UTC

SUSE-SU-2020:3045-1: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1140750
CVE References: CVE-2019-13314
JIRA References: 
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP2 (src):    virt-bootstrap-1.0.0-5.3.124
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP1 (src):    virt-bootstrap-1.0.0-5.3.124

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Comment 4 Swamp Workflow Management 2020-10-31 17:20:36 UTC

openSUSE-SU-2020:1787-1: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1140750
CVE References: CVE-2019-13314
JIRA References: 
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 15.2 (src):    virt-bootstrap-1.0.0-lp152.5.3.1

Comment 5 Swamp Workflow Management 2020-11-06 23:17:47 UTC

openSUSE-SU-2020:1856-1: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1140750
CVE References: CVE-2019-13314
JIRA References: 
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 15.1 (src):    virt-bootstrap-1.0.0-lp151.4.3.1

Comment 6 Marcus Meissner 2021-01-17 08:07:52 UTC

done