cloud-init through 19.4 relies on Mersenne Twister for a random password, which makes it easier for attackers to predict passwords, because rand_str in cloudinit/util.py calls the random.choice function.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade cloud-init | Jan 8, 2021 | Feb 5, 2020 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade cloud-init | Mar 20, 2021 | Feb 5, 2020 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade cloud-init | Oct 1, 2020 | Feb 5, 2020 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade cloud-init | Feb 24, 2020 | Feb 5, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade cloud-init | Nov 3, 2020 | Feb 5, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade cloud-init | Apr 16, 2020 | Feb 5, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade cloud-init | Mar 24, 2020 | Feb 5, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade cloud-init | Mar 24, 2020 | Feb 5, 2020 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade cloud-init | Oct 7, 2020 | Feb 5, 2020 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution existsUpgrade cloud-init | Oct 1, 2020 | Feb 5, 2020 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade cloud-init-config-suseUpgrade cloud-initUpgrade cloud-init-doc | Mar 31, 2020 | Feb 5, 2020 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade cloud-init | Nov 19, 2024 | Feb 5, 2020 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Feb 5, 2020 |
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