CVE-2019-10183 — LOW (3.2) — White Hats Nepal

Vulnerability 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.

CVSS Score

3.2

LOW

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality

LOW

Integrity

NONE

Availability

NONE

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Redhat	Virt-Manager	2.2.0
Redhat	Enterprise Linux	8.0

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109027Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3464
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10183Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109027Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3464
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10183Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

FAQ

What is CVE-2019-10183?

CVE-2019-10183 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 3.2 (LOW). 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 arg...

How severe is CVE-2019-10183?

CVE-2019-10183 has been rated LOW with a CVSS base score of 3.2/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2019-10183?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Redhat Virt-Manager, Redhat Enterprise Linux.