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GHSA-JJ89-4799-J2QV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-04-20 00:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 03:36

Details

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.

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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  "modified": "2024-04-04T03:36:28Z",
  "published": "2023-04-20T00:30:43Z",
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CVE-2021-3429 (GCVE-0-2021-3429)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-19 21:42 – Updated: 2025-02-05 14:44

Summary

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-532

Assigner

canonical

References

URL

Tags

https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/commit/b7…

patch

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Canonical Ltd.	cloud-init	Affected: 0 , < 21.2 (semver)

Credits

Carl Pearson

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-JJ89-4799-J2QV

CVE-2021-3429 (GCVE-0-2021-3429)

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