DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8631

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-8631
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8631.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8631
Upstream
Published
2020-02-05T14:15:11Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:30Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / cloud-init

Package

Name
cloud-init
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/cloud-init?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
19.4-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / cloud-init

Package

Name
cloud-init
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/cloud-init?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
19.4-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / cloud-init

Package

Name
cloud-init
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/cloud-init?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
19.4-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / cloud-init

Package

Name
cloud-init
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/cloud-init?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
19.4-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}