vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2020-8632: Security patch for cloud-init (ALAS-2021-1486)
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Feb 5, 2020 | Mar 20, 2021 | Mar 20, 2021 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Feb 5, 2020
Added
Mar 20, 2021
Modified
Mar 20, 2021
Description
In cloud-init through 19.4, rand_user_password in cloudinit/config/cc_set_passwords.py has a small default pwlen value, which makes it easier for attackers to guess passwords.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-cloud-init
References

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