Sensitive data could be exposed in logs of subiquity version 23.09.1 and earlier. An attacker in the adm group could use this information to find hashed passwords and possibly escalate their privilege.
Weakness
The product writes sensitive information to a log file.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subiquity | Canonical | * | 23.09.1 (including) |
| Subiquity | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Subiquity | Ubuntu | esm-apps/bionic | * |
| Subiquity | Ubuntu | esm-apps/focal | * |
| Subiquity | Ubuntu | esm-apps/jammy | * |
| Subiquity | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Subiquity | Ubuntu | jammy | * |
| Subiquity | Ubuntu | snap | * |
| Subiquity | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Subiquity | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Subiquity | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5182
- https://github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/1820/commits/62e126896fb063808767d74d00886001e38eaa1c
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5182
- https://github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/1820/commits/62e126896fb063808767d74d00886001e38eaa1c