Moderate: cloud-init security update

2021-08-1012:01:15

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osv.dev

5.5 Medium

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

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

1.7 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.3%

JSON

The cloud-init packages provide a set of init scripts for cloud instances. Cloud instances need special scripts to run during initialization to retrieve and install SSH keys, and to let the user run various scripts.

Security Fix(es):

cloud-init: randomly generated passwords logged in clear-text to world-readable file (CVE-2021-3429)

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.