Oracle Linux 8 : cloud-init (ELSA-2020-4650)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 142783

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-4650 advisory.

- Resolves: bz#1812171 (CVE-2020-8632 cloud-init: Too short random password length in cc_set_password in config/cc_set_passwords.py [rhel-8])
- Resolves: bz#1812174 (CVE-2020-8631 cloud-init: Use of random.choice when generating random password [rhel-8])
- Resolves: bz#1814152 (CVE-2018-10896 cloud-init: default configuration disabled deletion of SSH host keys [rhel-8])

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected cloud-init package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-4650.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 142783

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-4650.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/12/2020

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8632

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cloud-init

Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8631, CVE-2020-8632