DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3429

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3429

    Published: 19 Apr 2023Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-3429

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3429

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cloud-init

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/cloud-init?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -20.4.1-2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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