vulnerability

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

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
2021-08-10
Added
2021-08-12
Modified
2025-01-28

Description

When instructing cloud-init to set a random password for a new user account, versions before 21.2 would write that password to the world-readable log file /var/log/cloud-init-output.log. This could allow a local user to log in as another user.

Solution

redhat-upgrade-cloud-init
Title
NEW

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