RedHat: RHSA-2019-0597:01 Moderate: cloud-init security update
Summary
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: extra ssh keys added to authorized_keys on the Azure platform
(CVE-2019-0816)
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.
Summary
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
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-0816 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/extraneous-ssh-public-keys-added-to-authorized-keys-file-on-linux-vm-51b46087-8035-2cc9-48e4-6bb62ce7b314
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
cloud-init-18.2-1.el7_6.2.src.rpm
ppc64:
cloud-init-18.2-1.el7_6.2.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
cloud-init-18.2-1.el7_6.2.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
cloud-init-18.2-1.el7_6.2.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
cloud-init-18.2-1.el7_6.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):
Source:
cloud-init-18.2-1.el7_6.2.src.rpm
aarch64:
cloud-init-18.2-1.el7_6.2.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
cloud-init-18.2-1.el7_6.2.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
cloud-init-18.2-1.el7_6.2.s390x.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/
Topic
An update for cloud-init is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x
Bugs Fixed
1680165 - CVE-2019-0816 cloud-init: extra ssh keys added to authorized_keys on the Azure platform