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Red Hat: CVE-2019-10183: CVE-2019-10183 virt-install: unattended option leaks password via command line argument (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2019-10183: CVE-2019-10183 virt-install: unattended option leaks password via command line argument (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
07/03/2019
Created
11/07/2019
Added
11/06/2019
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

Virt-install(1) utility used to provision new virtual machines has introduced an option '--unattended' to create VMs without user interaction. This option accepts guest VM password as command line arguments, thus leaking them to others users on the system via process listing. It was introduced recently in the virt-manager v2.2.0 release.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-virt-install
  • redhat-upgrade-virt-manager
  • redhat-upgrade-virt-manager-common

References

  • 109027
  • CVE-2019-10183
  • RHSA-2019:3464

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