Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference Affecting cloud-init package, versions <18.5-45-g3554ffe8-0ubuntu1~18.04.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-CLOUDINIT-340909
  • published15 Mar 2019
  • disclosed9 Apr 2019

Introduced: 15 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-0816  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-706  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 cloud-init to version 18.5-45-g3554ffe8-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 or higher.

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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 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'.