QID 670981

Date Published: 2021-11-24

QID 670981: EulerOS Security Update for cloud-init (EulerOS-SA-2021-2680)

Cloud-init is 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. Security Fix(es): A flaw was found in cloud-init. When a system is configured through cloud-init and the "Set Passwords" module is used with "chpasswd" directive and "RANDOM", the randomly generated password for the relative user is written in clear-text in a file readable by any existing user of the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and it may allow a local attacker to log in as another user.(CVE-2021-3429)
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An arbitrary attacker may exploit this vulnerability to compromise the system.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 4.2 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
    • Solution
    The Vendor has released a security update to fix the vulnerability. For more information please visit EulerOS-SA-2021-2680 for updates and patch information
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 670981

    CVE-2021-3429 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    EulerOS-SA-2021-2680 EulerOS V2.0SP9 URL Logo developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2021-2680
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