{"id":"MGASA-2021-0494","summary":"Updated cloud-init packages fix security vulnerability","details":"cloud-init has the ability to generate and set a randomized password for\nsystem users. This functionality is enabled at runtime by passing\ncloud-config data such as: 'chpasswd: list: | user1:RANDOM'\n\nWhen instructing cloud-init to set a random password for a new user\naccount, versions before 21.1.19 would write that password to the\nworld-readable log file /var/log/cloud-init-output.log. This could allow a\nlocal user to log in as another user (CVE-2021-3429).\n","modified":"2026-02-04T03:48:38.279357Z","published":"2021-10-29T19:32:22Z","related":["CVE-2021-3429"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0494.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28991"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2021/dla-2601"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/releases/tag/21.2"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cloud-init","ecosystem":"Mageia:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/cloud-init?arch=source&distro=mageia-8"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20.2-2.1.mga8"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0494.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}