RedHat: RHSA-2021-3081:01 Moderate: 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: randomly generated passwords logged in clear-text to
world-readable file (CVE-2021-3429)
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-2021-3429 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source:
cloud-init-20.3-10.el8_4.5.src.rpm
noarch:
cloud-init-20.3-10.el8_4.5.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.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. 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 (v. 8) - noarch
Bugs Fixed
1940967 - CVE-2021-3429 cloud-init: randomly generated passwords logged in clear-text to world-readable file
