# CVE-2019-13313: libosinfo 1.5.0 allows local users to discover credentials by listing a process, because credentials are passed to osinfo-install-script via

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-07-05 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libosinfo/2019-July/msg00026.html
- https://libosinfo.org/download/
- https://gitlab.com/libosinfo/libosinfo/-/tags
- https://gitlab.com/libosinfo/libosinfo/blob/master/NEWS
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/08/3
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4AD73NGYBV7GYT4LFC3TC7AYBWOJTG4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AZU4IPPIR73NYC6E733QR26O5ZI6MMKJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EEZUZKC6YK4E3NXM7XKZOXY5X5PJSPIR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HT44EYZZQFTK7XM6GKCYC4WUE7HYZVXM/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3387

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