CVE-2019-13314 — virt-bootstrap 1

virt-bootstrap 1.1.0 allows local users to discover a root password by listing a process, because this password may be present in the --root-password option to virt_bootstrap.py.

01What is this vulnerability?

virt-bootstrap 1.1.0 allows local users to discover a root password by listing a process, because this password may be present in the --root-password option to virt_bootstrap.py.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-07-05T13:22:12.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T23:49:24.702Z

09References

• www.redhat.com — https://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2019-July/msg00043.html
• github.com — https://github.com/virt-manager/virt-bootstrap/releases
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/08/3
• lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
• lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00080.html
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00026.html