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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2020.3083 cloud-init security update 9 September 2020 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: cloud-init Publisher: Red Hat Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 8 Impact/Access: Provide Misleading Information -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2018-10896 Reference: ESB-2020.2506 Original Bulletin: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3644 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Low: cloud-init security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:3644-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3644 Issue date: 2020-09-08 CVE Names: CVE-2018-10896 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for cloud-init is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2) - noarch 3. Description: The cloud-init packages provide a set of init scripts for cloud instances. Cloud instances need special scripts to run during initialization to retrieve and install SSH keys, and to let the user run various scripts. Security Fix(es): * cloud-init: default configuration disabled deletion of SSH host keys (CVE-2018-10896) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. 4. Solution: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1598831 - CVE-2018-10896 cloud-init: default configuration disabled deletion of SSH host keys 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2): Source: cloud-init-18.5-12.el8_2.3.src.rpm noarch: cloud-init-18.5-12.el8_2.3.noarch.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/ 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10896 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. 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