Security update for cloud-init

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:2164-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2021-3429 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2021-3429 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-1786 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-1786 ( 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 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has three security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for cloud-init contains following fixes:

  • CVE-2021-3429: Do not write the generated password to the log file. (bsc#1184758)
  • CVE-2023-1786: Do not expose sensitive data gathered from the CSP. (bsc#1210277)

Other fixes: - Change log file creation mode to 640. (bsc#1183939) - Write proper bonding option configuration for SLE/openSUSE. (bsc#1184085) - Do not including sudoers.d directory twice. (bsc#1181283)

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 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2023-2164=1

Package List:

  • Public Cloud Module 12 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • cloud-init-config-suse-20.2-37.57.1
    • cloud-init-20.2-37.57.1

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