Security update for cloud-init

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:0585-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-8631 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-8631 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-8632 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-8632 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • Public Cloud Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for cloud-init fixes the following security issues:

  • CVE-2020-8631: Replaced the theoretically predictable deterministic RNG with the system RNG (bsc#1162937).
  • CVE-2020-8632: Increased the default random password length from 9 to 20 (bsc#1162936).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Public Cloud Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-15-2020-585=1

Package List:

  • Public Cloud Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • cloud-init-config-suse-19.4-5.24.1
    • cloud-init-19.4-5.24.1

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