Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/pull/204
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+bug/1860795
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00042.html
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.