CVE-2018-17956 Password exposed in process listing
Local attackers can read Samba share passwords from the process list due to insecure command-line argument handling in the YaST provisioning tool.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-17956?
CVE-2018-17956 is a low-severity vulnerability in SUSE yast2-samba-provision, published on 15 Mar 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In yast2-samba-provision up to and including version 1.0.1 the password for samba shares was provided on the command line to tools used by yast2-samba-provision, allowing local attackers to read them in the process list
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-17956?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (3)
yast2-samba-provision SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP4 | All versions | 1.0.5-150400.9.3.3 |
yast2-samba-provision openSUSE:Leap 15.4 | All versions | 1.0.5-150400.9.3.3 |
yast2-samba-provision openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 1.0.5-1.2 |
Products include Opensuse Yast2-Samba-Provision.
How do I fix CVE-2018-17956?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2018-17956 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-17956 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6xxx-c2gc-j39m, SUSE-SU-2022:3199-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:11535-1.