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CentOS 8 : cloud-init (CESA-2021:3081)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 152572

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2021:3081 advisory.

 - cloud-init: randomly generated passwords logged in clear-text to world-readable file (CVE-2021-3429)

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

Solution

Update the affected cloud-init package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3081

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 152572

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2021-3081.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/16/2021

Updated: 12/4/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3429

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:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cloud-init

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3429

RHSA: 2021:3081