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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-0816: Security patch for cloud-init (ALAS-2021-1595)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-0816: Security patch for cloud-init (ALAS-2021-1595)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
04/09/2019
Created
02/23/2021
Added
02/22/2021
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

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'.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-cloud-init

References

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