CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
cloud-init has the ability to generate and set a randomized password for system users. This functionality is enabled at runtime by passing cloud-config data such as: ‘chpasswd: list: | user1:RANDOM’ When instructing cloud-init to set a random password for a new user account, versions before 21.1.19 would write that password to the world-readable log file /var/log/cloud-init-output.log. This could allow a local user to log in as another user (CVE-2021-3429).
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mageia | 8 | noarch | cloud-init | < 20.2-2.1 | cloud-init-20.2-2.1.mga8 |