Oval Definition:
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:202086310000000
Revision Date
:
2020-02-06
Version
:
1
Title
:
CVE-2020-8631 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
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.
Family
:
unix
Class
:
vulnerability
Status
:
Reference(s)
:
CVE-2020-8631
Platform(s)
:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Product(s)
:
Definition Synopsis
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
AND
cloud-init package in bionic is affected and may need fixing.
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