Credentials management in libosinfo - CVE-2019-13313
Published: July 5, 2019 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33176
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13313
CWE-ID: CWE-255
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: libosinfo.org
Affected software:
libosinfo
libosinfo
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-13313
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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