CVE - CVE-2020-8631

CVE-ID
CVE-2020-8631	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+bug/1860795 MISC:https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/pull/204 MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20200221 [SECURITY] [DLA 2113-1] cloud-init security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00021.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2020:0400 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00042.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20200205	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20200205)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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