PT-2023-31896 · Subiquity · Subiquity

Johan Hortling + 1 · Published 2023-10-04 · Updated 2023-10-11 · CVE-2023-5182

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions subiquity versions 23.09.1 and earlier

Description Sensitive data could be exposed in logs. An attacker in the adm group could use this information to find hashed passwords and possibly escalate their privilege.

Recommendations For subiquity versions 23.09.1 and earlier, update to a version later than 23.09.1 to prevent sensitive data exposure. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to log files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Insertion into Log File

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-532

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-5182

Affected Products

Subiquity

References · 10

• https://github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/1820/commits/62e126896fb063808767d74d00886001e38eaa1c · Patch
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5182 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5182 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5182 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5182 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5182 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5182 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1710439477632450750 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1710533546182345190 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/71770 · Telegram Post