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.
Published: 2020-02-05
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2113-1 cloud-init security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-29479 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.
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Canonical Cloud-init
Debian Debian Linux
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Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T10:03:46.363Z

Reserved: 2020-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-8631

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-02-05T14:15:11.607

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:39:09.270

Link: CVE-2020-8631

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-02-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-8631 - Bugzilla

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