RHSA-2019:3387 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: osinfo-db and libosinfo security and bug fix update
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · November 6, 2019
Updated · June 27, 2026
Topic
An update for osinfo-db, osinfo-db-tools, libosinfo, and gnome-boxes is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The osinfo-db package contains a database that provides information about operating systems and hypervisor platforms to facilitate the automated configuration and provisioning of new virtual machines.
The libosinfo packages provide a library that allows virtualization provisioning tools to determine the optimal device settings for a combination of hypervisor and operating system.
Security Fix(es):
- Libosinfo: osinfo-install-script option leaks password via command line argument (CVE-2019-13313)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.