RedHat: RHSA-2020-3644:01 Low: cloud-init security update
Summary
The cloud-init packages provide 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):
* cloud-init: default configuration disabled deletion of SSH host keys
(CVE-2018-10896)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10896 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2):
Source:
cloud-init-18.5-12.el8_2.3.src.rpm
noarch:
cloud-init-18.5-12.el8_2.3.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for cloud-init is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2Extended Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2) - noarch
Bugs Fixed
1598831 - CVE-2018-10896 cloud-init: default configuration disabled deletion of SSH host keys