NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : cloud-init Vulnerability (NS-SA-2021-0011)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 147287

Synopsis

The remote machine is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has cloud-init packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

- A security feature bypass exists in Azure SSH Keypairs, due to a change in the provisioning logic for some Linux images that use cloud-init, aka 'Azure SSH Keypairs Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability'.
(CVE-2019-0816)

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

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL cloud-init packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

See Also

http://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2021-0011

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 147287

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2021-0011_cloud-init.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 3/10/2021

Updated: 1/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-0816

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/ZTE-CGSL/release, Host/ZTE-CGSL/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0816

BID: 107352