Upstream information
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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | SUSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Local | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low | Low |
| User Interaction | None | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | High | High |
| Integrity Impact | None | None |
| Availability Impact | None | None |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 | 3.1 |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-FU-2023:3283-1, published Fri Aug 11 12:30:35 UTC 2023
- SUSE-IU-2023:577-1, published Sun Aug 20 07:01:54 UTC 2023
- SUSE-IU-2023:578-1, published Sun Aug 20 07:01:57 UTC 2023
- SUSE-IU-2023:602-1, published Tue Sep 5 07:02:17 UTC 2023
- SUSE-IU-2023:603-1, published Tue Sep 5 07:02:27 UTC 2023
- SUSE-SU-2023:2164-1, published Wed May 10 20:30:12 UTC 2023
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Basic-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-HPC-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-HPC-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Standard-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-ECS-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-SAP-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-SAP-On-Demand |
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| Image SLES15-SP2-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP2-HPC-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP2-SAP-Azure Image SLES15-SP2-SAP-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP2-SAP-BYOS-EC2-HVM Image SLES15-SP2-SAP-EC2-HVM Image SLES15-SP3-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP3-BYOS-EC2-HVM Image SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun Image SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud Image SLES15-SP3-HPC-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP3-HPC-BYOS-EC2-HVM Image SLES15-SP3-Manager-4-2-Proxy-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP3-Manager-4-2-Proxy-BYOS-EC2-HVM Image SLES15-SP3-Manager-4-2-Server-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP3-Manager-4-2-Server-BYOS-EC2-HVM Image SLES15-SP3-SAP-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP3-SAP-BYOS-EC2-HVM Image SLES15-SP3-SAPCAL-Azure Image SLES15-SP3-SAPCAL-EC2-HVM Image SLES15-SP4-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Hardened-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Hardened-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Proxy-4-3-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Proxy-4-3-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Proxy-4-3-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3 Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-Azure-llc Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-Azure-ltd Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-EC2-llc Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-EC2-ltd Image SLES15-SP4-SAP Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-SUSE-Rancher-Setup-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-SUSE-Rancher-Setup-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-Azure-Basic Image SLES15-SP5-Azure-Standard Image SLES15-SP5-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun Image SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GDC Image SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud Image SLES15-SP5-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-HPC-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-HPC-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-HPC-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-Hardened-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Proxy-5-0-BYOS Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Proxy-5-0-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Proxy-5-0-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-BYOS Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5 Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-BYOS Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-SAP-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-SAP-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-SAP-Hardened-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-SAPCAL-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-SAPCAL-EC2 Image SLES15-SP6 Image SLES15-SP6-Azure-Basic Image SLES15-SP6-Azure-Standard Image SLES15-SP6-BYOS Image SLES15-SP6-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP6-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS Image SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun Image SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GDC Image SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud Image SLES15-SP6-EC2 Image SLES15-SP6-EC2-ECS-HVM Image SLES15-SP6-HPC Image SLES15-SP6-HPC-Azure Image SLES15-SP6-HPC-BYOS Image SLES15-SP6-HPC-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP6-HPC-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP6-HPC-EC2 Image SLES15-SP6-Hardened-BYOS Image SLES15-SP6-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP6-Hardened-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP6-SAP Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-BYOS Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-EC2 Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Hardened Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Hardened-Azure Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Hardened-BYOS Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Hardened-EC2 Image SLES15-SP6-SAPCAL Image SLES15-SP6-SAPCAL-Azure Image SLES15-SP6-SAPCAL-EC2 |
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| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 SUSE Manager Server 4.0 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-15-SP1-2023-3283 |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 SUSE Manager Server 4.2 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-15-SP3-2023-3283 |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 SUSE Manager Server 4.1 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-15-SP2-2023-3283 |
| SUSE Liberty Linux 8 |
| Patchnames: RHSA-2021:3081 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 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 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2023-2164 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 SUSE Manager Server 4.3 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-15-SP4-2023-3283 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-15-SP5-2023-3283 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP6 GA cloud-init-23.3-150100.8.79.2 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.0 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.0 GA cloud-init-23.3-6.1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 |
| Patchnames: openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-3283 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 |
| Patchnames: openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3283 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed |
| Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-13053 |
First public cloud image revisions this CVE is fixed in:
- amazon/suse-sles-12-sp5-byos-v20230808-hvm-ssd-x86_64
- amazon/suse-sles-12-sp5-v20230808-ecs-hvm-ssd-x86_64
- amazon/suse-sles-12-sp5-v20230808-hvm-ssd-x86_64
- amazon/suse-sles-sap-12-sp5-byos-v20230808-hvm-ssd-x86_64
- microsoft/suse-sle-hpc-12-sp5-byos-v20230718-x86_64
- microsoft/suse-sle-hpc-12-sp5-v20230718-x86_64
- microsoft/suse-sles-12-sp5-basic-v20230718-x86_64
- microsoft/suse-sles-12-sp5-byos-v20230622-x86_64
- microsoft/suse-sles-12-sp5-v20230718-x86_64
- microsoft/suse-sles-sap-12-sp5-byos-v20230622-x86_64
- microsoft/suse-sles-sap-12-sp5-v20230718-x86_64
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | cloud-init | Released |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | cloud-init | Released |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | cloud-init | Released |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | cloud-init | Released |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS | cloud-init | Released |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | cloud-init | Released |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | cloud-init | Released |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | cloud-init | Released |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | cloud-init | Released |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | cloud-init | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP6 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | cloud-init | Released |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | cloud-init | Released |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | cloud-init | Affected |
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SLES15-EC2-CHOST-HVM-BYOS | cloud-init | In progress |
| SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | cloud-init | In progress |
| SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | cloud-init | In progress |
| SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | cloud-init | In progress |
| SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | cloud-init | In progress |
| SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | cloud-init | In progress |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | cloud-init | Released |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | cloud-init | Released |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | cloud-init | Released |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | cloud-init | Released |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS | cloud-init | Released |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | cloud-init | Released |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | cloud-init | Released |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | cloud-init | Released |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | cloud-init | Released |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| Public Cloud Module for SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 | cloud-init | Unsupported |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 | cloud-init | Affected |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP1 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP2 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP3 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | cloud-init | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | cloud-init | Released |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | cloud-init | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | cloud-init | Released |
| Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle. | ||
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | cloud-init | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-PUBCLOUD | cloud-init | Unsupported |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Sat Apr 3 15:39:05 2021CVE page last modified: Mon Nov 18 15:39:26 2024