DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3429

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3429
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3429.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3429
Upstream
Published
2023-04-19T22:15:10Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:45Z
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

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.

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
20.4.1-2

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
20.4.1-2

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
20.4.1-2

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
20.4.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}