CVE-2020-8631

Description

cloud-init through 19.4 relies on Mersenne Twister for a random password, which makes it easier for attackers to predict passwords, because rand_str in cloudinit/util.py calls the random.choice function.

Risk Information

Base Score

5.5

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.113

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
(RHSA-2020:3898) cloud-init security, bug fix, and enhancement update cloud-init-19.4-7.el7.x86_64.rpm	Linux
Cloud-init update (ELSA-2020-3898) cloud-init-19.4-7.0.3.el7.x86_64.rpm	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234