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Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference Affecting cloud-init package, versions <0:19.3-2.amzn2

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-CLOUDINIT-1693409
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 9 Apr 2019
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Introduced: 9 Apr 2019

CVE-2019-0816 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-706 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 cloud-init to version 0:19.3-2.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2021-1595.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cloud-init package and not the cloud-init package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

A security feature bypass exists in Azure SSH Keypairs, due to a change in the provisioning logic for some Linux images that use cloud-init, aka 'Azure SSH Keypairs Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability'.