Upstream information

CVE-2021-3429 at MITRE

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.

CVSS v3 Scores
  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 Bugzilla entry: 1184758 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

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
  • cloud-init >= 20.2-37.57.1
  • cloud-init-config-suse >= 20.2-37.57.1
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-HPC-BYOS-Azure
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-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-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-Azure
Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-EC2
Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-EC2
Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-Azure
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-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-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
  • cloud-init >= 23.1-150100.8.66.1
  • cloud-init-config-suse >= 23.1-150100.8.66.1
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
  • cloud-init >= 23.1-150100.8.66.1
  • cloud-init-config-suse >= 23.1-150100.8.66.1
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
  • cloud-init >= 23.1-150100.8.66.1
  • cloud-init-config-suse >= 23.1-150100.8.66.1
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
  • cloud-init >= 23.1-150100.8.66.1
  • cloud-init-config-suse >= 23.1-150100.8.66.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-15-SP2-2023-3283
SUSE Liberty Linux 8
  • cloud-init >= 20.3-10.el8_4.5
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
  • cloud-init >= 20.2-37.57.1
  • cloud-init-config-suse >= 20.2-37.57.1
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
  • cloud-init >= 23.1-150100.8.66.1
  • cloud-init-config-suse >= 23.1-150100.8.66.1
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
  • cloud-init >= 23.1-150100.8.66.1
  • cloud-init-config-suse >= 23.1-150100.8.66.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-15-SP5-2023-3283
openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • cloud-init >= 23.1-150100.8.66.1
  • cloud-init-config-suse >= 23.1-150100.8.66.1
  • cloud-init-doc >= 23.1-150100.8.66.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-3283
openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • cloud-init >= 23.1-150100.8.66.1
  • cloud-init-config-suse >= 23.1-150100.8.66.1
  • cloud-init-doc >= 23.1-150100.8.66.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3283
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • cloud-init >= 23.1-2.1
  • cloud-init-config-suse >= 23.1-2.1
  • cloud-init-doc >= 23.1-2.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE Tumbleweed GA cloud-init-23.1-2.1


First public cloud image revisions this CVE is fixed in:


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
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 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 Micro 5.5 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 cloud-init Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5 cloud-init Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 cloud-init Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 cloud-init Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 cloud-init Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 cloud-init Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 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
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 In progress
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Azure cloud-init In progress
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 cloud-init In progress
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud cloud-init In progress
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 cloud-init Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 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 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 15 cloud-init Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 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
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 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 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 15.4 cloud-init Released


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Sat Apr 3 15:39:05 2021
CVE page last modified: Wed Feb 21 17:33:04 2024