[jira] [Updated] (AMBARI-17172) Kadmin operations can leak the admin password in ps output

["Robert Levas (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI-17172?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Robert Levas updated AMBARI-17172:
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    Status: Patch Available  (was: In Progress)

> Kadmin operations can leak the admin password in ps output
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>
>                 Key: AMBARI-17172
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI-17172
>             Project: Ambari
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: ambari-server
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.0
>            Reporter: Robert Levas
>            Assignee: Robert Levas
>            Priority: Critical
>              Labels: kerberos
>             Fix For: 2.4.0
>
>         Attachments: AMBARI-17172_branch-2.4_01.patch, AMBARI-17172_trunk_01.patch
>
>
> add_principal operations pass the password in the command line, so users on the system can run {{ps aux | grep kadmin}} and be able to see the admin users password in ps output. This can turn into a security issue that would allow non privileged users to obtain this password and use it to escalate their privileges.
> We need to find a way to prevent passing this password as a CLI option.
> *Solution*
> Pass the admin and user passwords to {{kadmin}} via the process's STDIN channel rather than the via the command line. 



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