USN-6042-1: Cloud-init vulnerability
Severity
Unknown
Vendor
VMware Tanzu
Versions Affected
- Canonical Ubuntu 16.04
- Canonical Ubuntu 22.04
Description
James Glovich discovered that sensitive data could be exposed in logs. An attacker could use this information to find hashed passwords and possibly escalate their privilege. Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6042-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: cloud-init - 23.1.2-0ubuntu0~18.04.1 No subscription required
Affected VMware Products and Versions
Severity is unknown unless otherwise noted.
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Operations Manager
- 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.24
- 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.14
- 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.11
- 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.57
- 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.8+LTS-T
Mitigation
Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:
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Operations Manager
- 2.7.24
- 2.8.14
- 2.9.11
- 2.10.57
- 3.0.8+LTS-T
References
History
2023-05-22: Initial vulnerability report published.