CVE-2021-3429

Name
CVE-2021-3429
Description
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.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
MISC https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/commit/b794d426b9ab43ea9d6371477466070d86e10668

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:cloud-init:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cloud-init >= None < 21.2

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
cloud-init edge-community 21.1-r1 None fixed
cloud-init 3.22-community 21.1-r1 None fixed
cloud-init 3.21-community 21.1-r1 None fixed
cloud-init 3.20-community 21.1-r1 None fixed
cloud-init 3.19-community 21.1-r1 None fixed
cloud-init 3.18-community 21.1-r1 None fixed
cloud-init 3.17-community 21.1-r1 None fixed