| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2601-1, ELA-448-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 985540 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| cloud-init (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.7.6~bzr976-2+deb8u3 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 0.7.9-2+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster | 20.2-2~deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 20.4.1-2+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 22.4.2-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 24.1.1-1 | fixed |
| sid | 24.1.3-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/commit/b794d426b9ab43ea9d6371477466070d86e10668