Information Disclosure

cloud-init is vulnerable to Information Disclosure. When a user specified configuration which would generate random passwords for users, cloud-init causes those passwords to be written to the serial console by emitting them on stderr. In the default configuration, any stdout or stderr emitted by...

[SECURITY] [DLA 2601-1] cloud-init security update

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-2601-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Utkarsh Gupta March 20, 2021 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS -...

Amazon Linux AMI : cloud-init (ALAS-2021-1486)

The version of cloud-init installed on the remote host is prior to 0.7.6-43.23. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2021-1486 advisory. A flaw was found in cloud-init, where it uses the random.choice function when creating sensitive random strings used...

Medium: cloud-init

Issue Overview: A flaw was found in cloud-init, where it uses the random.choice function when creating sensitive random strings used for generating a random password in new instances. Depending on the instance configuration, a remote or local attacker may abuse this vulnerability to guess the...

DLA-2601-1 cloud-init - security update

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Medium: cloud-init

Issue Overview: A vulnerability was discovered in cloud-init which can improperly disclose randomly generated passwords as part of the chpasswd module. The fix prevents the generated password from being written to a world-readable log file on the local disk. CVE-2021-3429 Affected Packages:...

Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-2601-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Amazon Linux 2 : cloud-init (ALAS-2021-1620)

The version of cloud-init installed on the remote host is prior to 19.3-43. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2021-1620 advisory. A vulnerability was discovered in cloud-init which can improperly disclose randomly generated passwords as part of the chpasswd...

NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.02 : cloud-init Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2021-0062)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.02, has cloud-init packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - In cloud-init through 19.4, randuserpassword in cloudinit/config/ccsetpasswords.py has a small default pwlen value, which makes it easier for attackers to...

NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : cloud-init Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2021-0016)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has cloud-init packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - The default cloud-init configuration, in cloud-init 0.6.2 and newer, included sshdeletekeys: 0, disabling cloud-init's deletion of ssh host keys...

NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.02 : cloud-init Vulnerability (NS-SA-2021-0051)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.02, has cloud-init packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability: - The default cloud-init configuration, in cloud-init 0.6.2 and newer, included sshdeletekeys: 0, disabling cloud-init's deletion of ssh host keys. In some environment...

NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : cloud-init Vulnerability (NS-SA-2021-0011)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has cloud-init packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability: - A security feature bypass exists in Azure SSH Keypairs, due to a change in the provisioning logic for some Linux images that use cloud-init, aka 'Azure S...

Medium: cloud-init

Issue Overview: A security feature bypass exists in Azure SSH Keypairs, due to a change in the provisioning logic for some Linux images that use cloud-init, aka 'Azure SSH Keypairs Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability'. CVE-2019-0816 Affected Packages: cloud-init Note: This advisory is applicabl...

Amazon Linux 2 : cloud-init (ALAS-2021-1595)

The version of cloud-init installed on the remote host is prior to 19.3-2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2021-1595 advisory. A security feature bypass exists in Azure SSH Keypairs, due to a change in the provisioning logic for some Linux images that use...

cloud-init bug fix and enhancement update

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. Bug Fixes and Enhancements: Azure Update existing user password RHEL8x BZ1916839...

CentOS 8 : cloud-init (CESA-2020:3050)

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2020:3050 advisory. - cloud-init: default configuration disabled deletion of SSH host keys CVE-2018-10896 Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only...

CentOS 8 : cloud-init (CESA-2020:4650)

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2020:4650 advisory. - cloud-init: Use of random.choice when generating random password CVE-2020-8631 - cloud-init: Too short random password length in ccsetpassword in...

FreeBSD : cloud-init -- Wrong access permissions of authorized keys (8899298f-5a92-11eb-8558-3085a9a47796)

cloud-init reports : cloud-init release 20.4.1 is now available. This is a hotfix release, that contains a single patch to address a security issue in cloud-init 20.4. Briefly, for users who provide more than one unique SSH key to cloud-init and have a shared AuthorizedKeysFile configured in...

cloud-init -- Wrong access permissions of authorized keys

cloud-init reports: cloud-init release 20.4.1 is now available. This is a hotfix release, that contains a single patch to address a security issue in cloud-init 20.4. Briefly, for users who provide more than one unique SSH key to cloud-init and have a shared AuthorizedKeysFile configured in...

Medium: cloud-init

Issue Overview: The default cloud-init configuration included "sshdeletekeys: 0", disabling cloud-init's deletion of ssh host keys. In some environments, this could lead to instances created by cloning a golden master or template system, sharing ssh host keys, and being able to impersonate one...