cloud-init: The cloud-init packages provide a set of init scripts for cloud instances
CVE-2020-8632 is fixed in cloud-init on 1 platform, first by cloud-init 20.2-45-g5f7825e2-0ubuntu1~18.04.1, released February 5, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
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: Use of random.choice when generating random password (CVE-2020-8631) * cloud-init: Too short random password length in cc_set_password in config/cc_set_passwords.py (CVE-2020-8632) 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. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| cloud-init · RHEL 8 | 0:19.4-11.el8 | RHSA-2020:4650 | Nov 4, 2020 |
| cloud-init · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 20.2-45-g5f7825e2-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 | cloud-init 20.2-45-g5f7825e2-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 | Feb 5, 2020 |
| cloud-init · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 20.1-10-g71af48df-0ubuntu5 | cloud-init 20.1-10-g71af48df-0ubuntu5 | Feb 5, 2020 |
| cloud-init · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 21.4-25-g039c40f9-0ubuntu1~22.04.1 | cloud-init 21.4-25-g039c40f9-0ubuntu1~22.04.1 | Feb 5, 2020 |
| cloud-init · ol 8 | 0:19.4-11.0.1.el8 | ELSA-2020-4650 | Nov 10, 2020 |
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