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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Source | ID | Title |
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DLA-2113-1 | cloud-init security update |
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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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T10:03:46.363Z
Reserved: 2020-02-05T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-8631

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Status : Modified
Published: 2020-02-05T14:15:11.607
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:39:09.270
Link: CVE-2020-8631


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