oss-security - CVE-2019-10183 virt-install: unattended option leaks password via command line argument

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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2019 12:23:21 +0530 (IST)
From: P J P <ppandit@...hat.com>
To: oss security list <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: CVE-2019-10183 virt-install: unattended option leaks password via
 command line argument

   Hello,

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 passwords as command line arguments. Thus leaking them to 
others users on the system via process listing.

   -> https://virt-manager.org/download/

It was introduced recently in the virt-manager v2.2.0 release.

Upstream patch:
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   -> https://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2019-July/msg00014.html

Thank you.
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Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team
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