SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : cloud-init (SUSE-SU-2024:0128-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 189101

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The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

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The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:0128-1 advisory.

- Move fdupes call back to %install.(bsc#1214169)

- Update to version 23.3. (bsc#1216011)
* (bsc#1215794)
* (bsc#1215740)
* (bsc#1216007)
- Bump pycloudlib to 1!5.1.0 for ec2 mantic daily image support (#4390)
- Fix cc_keyboard in mantic (LP: #2030788)
- ec2: initialize get_instance_userdata return value to bytes (#4387) [Noah Meyerhans]
- cc_users_groups: Add doas/opendoas support (#4363) [dermotbradley]
- Fix pip-managed ansible
- status: treat SubState=running and MainPID=0 as service exited
- azure/imds: increase read-timeout to 30s (#4372) [Chris Patterson]
- collect-logs fix memory usage (SC-1590) (#4289) [Alec Warren] (LP: #1980150)
- cc_mounts: Use fallocate to create swapfile on btrfs (#4369)
- Undocument nocloud-net (#4318)
- feat(akamai): add akamai to settings.py and apport.py (#4370)
- read-version: fallback to get_version when git describe fails (#4366)
- apt: fix cloud-init status --wait blocking on systemd v 253 (#4364)
- integration tests: Pass username to pycloudlib (#4324)
- Bump pycloudlib to 1!5.1.0 (#4353)
- cloud.cfg.tmpl: reorganise, minimise/reduce duplication (#4272) [dermotbradley]
- analyze: fix (unexpected) timestamp parsing (#4347) [Mina Gali]
- cc_growpart: fix tests to run on FreeBSD (#4351) [Mina Gali]
- subp: Fix spurious test failure on FreeBSD (#4355) [Mina Gali]
- cmd/clean: fix tests on non-Linux platforms (#4352) [Mina Gali]
- util: Fix get_proc_ppid() on non-Linux systems (#4348) [Mina Gali]
- cc_wireguard: make tests pass on FreeBSD (#4346) [Mina Gali]
- unittests: fix breakage in test_read_cfg_paths_fetches_cached_datasource (#4328) [Ani Sinha]
- Fix test_tools.py collection (#4315) + cc_keyboard: add Alpine support (#4278) [dermotbradley] + Flake8 fixes (#4340) [Robert Schweikert] + cc_mounts: Fix swapfile not working on btrfs (#4319) [] (LP: #1884127) + ds-identify/CloudStack: $DS_MAYBE if vm running on vmware/xen (#4281) [Wei Zhou] + ec2: Support double encoded userdata (#4275) [Noah Meyerhans] + cc_mounts: xfs is a Linux only FS (#4334) [Mina Gali] + tests/net: fix TestGetInterfaces' mock coverage for get_master (#4336) [Chris Patterson] + change openEuler to openeuler and fix some bugs in openEuler (#4317) [sxt1001] + Replace flake8 with ruff (#4314) + NM renderer: set default IPv6 addr-gen-mode for all interfaces to eui64 (#4291) [Ani Sinha] + cc_ssh_import_id: add Alpine support and add doas support (#4277) [dermotbradley] + sudoers not idempotent (SC-1589) (#4296) [Alec Warren] (LP: #1998539) + Added support for Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) (#4167) [Will Smith] + Fix reference before assignment (#4292) + Overhaul module reference page (#4237) [Sally] + replaced spaces with commas for setting passenv (#4269) [Alec Warren] + DS VMware: modify a few log level (#4284) [PengpengSun] + tools/read-version refactors and unit tests (#4268) + Ensure get_features() grabs all features (#4285) + Don't always require passlib dependency (#4274) + tests: avoid leaks into host system checking of ovs-vsctl cmd (#4275) + Fix NoCloud kernel commandline key parsing (#4273) + testing: Clear all LRU caches after each test (#4249) + Remove the crypt dependency (#2139) [Gon?ri Le Bouder] + logging: keep current file mode of log file if its stricter than the new mode (#4250) [Ani Sinha] + Remove default membership in redundant groups (#4258) [Dave Jones] (LP: #1923363) + doc: improve datasource_creation.rst (#4262) + Remove duplicate Integration testing button (#4261) [Rishita Shaw] + tools/read-version: fix the tool so that it can handle version parsing errors (#4234) [Ani Sinha] + net/dhcp: add udhcpc support (#4190) [Jean-Fran?ois Roche] + DS VMware: add i386 arch dir to deployPkg plugin search path [PengpengSun] + LXD moved from linuxcontainers.org to Canonical [Simon Deziel] + cc_mounts.py: Add note about issue with creating mounts inside mounts (#4232) [dermotbradley] + lxd: install lxd from snap, not deb if absent in image + landscape: use landscape-config to write configuration + Add deprecation log during init of DataSourceDigitalOcean (#4194) [tyb-truth] + doc: fix typo on apt.primary.arches (#4238) [Dan Bungert] + Inspect systemd state for cloud-init status (#4230) + instance-data: add system-info and features to combined-cloud-config (#4224) + systemd: Block login until config stage completes (#2111) (LP: #2013403) + tests: proposed should invoke apt-get install -t=<release>-proposed (#4235) + cloud.cfg.tmpl: reinstate ca_certs entry (#4236) [dermotbradley] + Remove feature flag override ability (#4228) + tests: drop stray unrelated file presence test (#4227) + Update LXD URL (#4223) [Sally] + schema: add network v1 schema definition and validation functions + tests: daily PPA for devel series is version 99.daily update tests to match (#4225) + instance-data: write /run/cloud-init/combined-cloud-config.json + mount parse: Fix matching non-existent directories (#4222) [Mina Gali] + Specify build-system for pep517 (#4218) + Fix network v2 metric rendering (#4220) + Migrate content out of FAQ page (SD-1187) (#4205) [Sally] + setup: fix generation of init templates (#4209) [Mina Gali] + docs: Correct some bootcmd example wording + fix changelog + tests: reboot client to assert x-shellscript-per-boot is triggered + nocloud: parse_cmdline no longer detects nocloud-net datasource (#4204) (LP: 4203, #2025180) + Add docstring and typing to mergemanydict (#4200) + BSD: add dsidentify to early startup scripts (#4182) [Mina Gali] + handler: report errors on skipped merged cloud-config.txt parts (LP: #1999952) + Add cloud-init summit writeups (#4179) [Sally] + tests: Update test_clean_log for oci (#4187) + gce: improve ephemeral fallback NIC selection (CPC-2578) (#4163) + tests: pin pytest 7.3.1 to avoid adverse testpaths behavior (#4184) + Ephemeral Networking for FreeBSD (#2165) [Mina Gali] + Clarify directory syntax for nocloud local filesystem. (#4178) + Set default renderer as sysconfig for centos/rhel (#4165) [Ani Sinha] + Test static routes and netplan 0.106 + FreeBSD fix parsing of mount and mount options (#2146) [Mina Gali] + test: add tracking bug id (#4164) + tests: can't match MAC for LXD container veth due to netplan 0.106 (#4162) + Add kaiwalyakoparkar as a contributor (#4156) [Kaiwalya Koparkar] + BSD: remove datasource_list from cloud.cfg template (#4159) [Mina Gali] + launching salt-minion in masterless mode (#4110) [Denis Halturin] + tools: fix run-container builds for rockylinux/8 git hash mismatch (#4161) + fix doc lint: spellchecker tripped up (#4160) [Mina Gali] + Support Ephemeral Networking for BSD (#2127) + Added / fixed support for static routes on OpenBSD and FreeBSD (#2157) [Kadir Mueller] + cc_rsyslog: Refactor for better multi-platform support (#4119) [Mina Gali] (LP: #1798055) + tests: fix test_lp1835584 (#4154) + cloud.cfg mod names: docs and rename salt_minion and set_password (#4153) + vultr: remove check_route check (#2151) [Jonas Chevalier] + Update SECURITY.md (#4150) [Indrranil Pawar] + Update CONTRIBUTING.rst (#4149) [Indrranil Pawar] + Update .github-cla-signers (#4151) [Indrranil Pawar] + Standardise module names in cloud.cfg.tmpl to only use underscore (#4128) [dermotbradley] + Modify PR template so autoclose works From 23.2.2 + Fix NoCloud kernel commandline key parsing (#4273) (Fixes: #4271) (LP: #2028562) + Fix reference before assignment (#4292) (Fixes: #4288) (LP: #2028784) From 23.2.1 + nocloud: Fix parse_cmdline detection of nocloud-net datasource (#4204) (Fixes: 4203) (LP: #2025180) From 23.2 + BSD: simplify finding MBR partitions by removing duplicate code [Mina Gali] + tests: bump pycloudlib version for mantic builds + network-manager: Set higher autoconnect priority for nm keyfiles (#3671) [Ani Sinha] + alpine.py: change the locale file used (#4139) [dermotbradley] + cc_ntp: Sync up with current FreeBSD ntp.conf (#4122) [Mina Gali] + config: drop refresh_rmc_and_interface as RHEL 7 no longer supported [Robert Schweikert] + docs: Add feedback button to docs + net/sysconfig: enable sysconfig renderer if network manager has ifcfg-rh plugin (#4132) [Ani Sinha] + For Alpine use os-release PRETTY_NAME (#4138) [dermotbradley] + network_manager: add a method for ipv6 static IP configuration (#4127) [Ani Sinha] + correct misnamed template file host.mariner.tmpl (#4124) [dermotbradley] + nm: generate ipv6 stateful dhcp config at par with sysconfig (#4115) [Ani Sinha] + Add templates for GitHub Issues + Add 'peers' and 'allow' directives in cc_ntp (#3124) [Jacob Salmela] + FreeBSD: Fix user account locking (#4114) [Mina Gali] (GH: #1854594) + FreeBSD: add ResizeGrowFS class to cc_growpart (#2334) [Mina Gali] + Update tests in Azure TestCanDevBeReformatted class (#2771) [Ksenija Stanojevic] + Replace Launchpad references with GitHub Issues + Fix KeyError in iproute pformat (#3287) [Dmitry Zykov] + schema: read_cfg_paths call init.fetch to lookup /v/l/c/instance + azure/errors: introduce reportable errors for imds (#3647) [Chris Patterson] + FreeBSD (and friends): better identify MBR slices (#2168) [Mina Gali] (LP: #2016350) + azure/errors: add host reporting for dhcp errors (#2167) [Chris Patterson] + net: purge blacklist_drivers across net and azure (#2160) [Chris Patterson] + net: refactor hyper-v VF filtering and apply to get_interfaces() (#2153) [Chris Patterson] + tests: avoid leaks to underlying filesystem for /etc/cloud/clean.d (#2251) + net: refactor find_candidate_nics_on_linux() to use get_interfaces() (#2159) [Chris Patterson] + resolv_conf: Allow > 3 nameservers (#2152) [Major Hayden] + Remove mount NTFS error message (#2134) [Ksenija Stanojevic] + integration tests: fix image specification parsing (#2166) + ci: add hypothesis scheduled GH check (#2149) + Move supported distros list to docs (#2162) + Fix logger, use instance rather than module function (#2163) + README: Point to Github Actions build status (#2158) + Revert 'fix linux-specific code on bsd (#2143)' (#2161) + Do not generate dsa and ed25519 key types when crypto FIPS mode is enabled (#2142) [Ani Sinha] (LP: 2017761) + Add documentation label automatically (#2156) + sources/azure: report success to host and introduce kvp module (#2141) [Chris Patterson] + setup.py: use pkg-config for udev/rules path (#2137) [dankm] + openstack/static: honor the DNS servers associated with a network (#2138) [Gon?ri Le Bouder] + fix linux-specific code on bsd (#2143) + cli: schema validation of jinja template user-data (SC-1385) (#2132) (LP: #1881925) + gce: activate network discovery on every boot (#2128) + tests: update integration test to assert 640 across reboots (#2145) + Make user/vendor data sensitive and remove log permissions (#2144) (LP: #2013967) + Update kernel command line docs (SC-1457) (#2133) + docs: update network configuration path links (#2140) [d1r3ct0r] + sources/azure: report failures to host via kvp (#2136) [Chris Patterson] + net: Document use of `ip route append` to add routes (#2130) + dhcp: Add missing mocks (#2135) + azure/imds: retry fetching metadata up to 300 seconds (#2121) [Chris Patterson] + [1/2] DHCP: Refactor dhcp client code (#2122) + azure/errors: treat traceback_base64 as string (#2131) [Chris Patterson] + azure/errors: introduce reportable errors (#2129) [Chris Patterson] + users: schema permit empty list to indicate create no users + azure: introduce identity module (#2116) [Chris Patterson] + Standardize disabling cloud-init on non-systemd (#2112) + Update .github-cla-signers (#2126) [Rob Tongue] + NoCloud: Use seedfrom protocol to determine mode (#2107) + rhel: Remove sysvinit files. (#2114) + tox.ini: set -vvvv --showlocals for pytest (#2104) [Chris Patterson] + Fix NoCloud kernel commandline semi-colon args + run-container: make the container/VM timeout configurable (#2118) [Paride Legovini] + suse: Remove sysvinit files. (#2115) + test: Backport assert_call_count for old requests (#2119) + Add 'licebmi' as contributor (#2113) [Mark Martinez] + Adapt DataSourceScaleway to upcoming IPv6 support (#2033) [Louis Bouchard] + rhel: make sure previous-hostname file ends with a new line (#2108) [Ani Sinha] + Adding contributors for DataSourceAkamai (#2110) [acourdavAkamai] + Cleanup ephemeral IP routes on exception (#2100) [sxt1001] + commit 09a64badfb3f51b1b391fa29be19962381a4bbeb [sxt1001] (LP: #2011291) + Standardize kernel commandline user interface (#2093) + config/cc_resizefs: fix do_resize arguments (#2106) [Chris Patterson] + Fix test_dhclient_exits_with_error (#2105) + net/dhcp: catch dhclient failures and raise NoDHCPLeaseError (#2083) [Chris Patterson] + sources/azure: move pps handling out of _poll_imds() (#2075) [Chris Patterson] + tests: bump pycloudlib version (#2102) + schema: do not manipulate draft4 metaschema for jsonschema 2.6.0 (#2098) + sources/azure/imds: don't count timeout errors as connection errors (#2074) [Chris Patterson] + Fix Python 3.12 unit test failures (#2099) + integration tests: Refactor instance checking (#1989) + ci: migrate remaining jobs from travis to gh (#2085) + missing ending quote in instancedata docs(#2094) [Hong L] + refactor: stop passing log instances to cc_* handlers (#2016) [d1r3ct0r] + tests/vmware: fix test_no_data_access_method failure (#2092) [Chris Patterson] + Don't change permissions of netrules target (#2076) (LP: #2011783) + tests/sources: patch util.get_cmdline() for datasource tests (#2091) [Chris Patterson] + macs: ignore duplicate MAC for devs with driver driver qmi_wwan (#2090) (LP: #2008888) + Fedora: Enable CA handling (#2086) [Frantiek Zatloukal] + Send dhcp-client-identifier for InfiniBand ports (#2043) [Waleed Mousa] + cc_ansible: complete the examples and doc (#2082) [Yves] + bddeb: for dev package, derive debhelper-compat from host system + apport: only prompt for cloud_name when instance-data.json is absent + datasource: Optimize datasource detection, fix bugs (#2060) + Handle non existent ca-cert-config situation (#2073) [Shreenidhi Shedi] + sources/azure: add networking check for all source PPS (#2061) [Chris Patterson] + do not attempt dns resolution on ip addresses (#2040) + chore: fix style tip (#2071) + Fix metadata IP in instancedata.rst (#2063) [Brian Haley] + util: Pass deprecation schedule in deprecate_call() (#2064) + config: Update grub-dpkg docs (#2058) + docs: Cosmetic improvements and styling (#2057) [s-makin] + cc_grub_dpkg: Added UEFI support (#2029) [Alexander Birkner] + tests: Write to /var/spool/rsyslog to adhere to apparmor profile (#2059) + oracle-ds: prefer system_cfg over ds network config source (#1998) (LP: #1956788) + Remove dead code (#2038) + source: Force OpenStack when it is only option (#2045) (LP: #2008727) + cc_ubuntu_advantage: improve UA logs discovery + sources/azure: fix regressions in IMDS behavior (#2041) [Chris Patterson] + tests: fix test_schema (#2042) + dhcp: Cleanup unused kwarg (#2037) + sources/vmware/imc: fix-missing-catch-few-negtive-scenarios (#2027) [PengpengSun] + dhclient_hook: remove vestigal dhclient_hook command (#2015) + log: Add standardized deprecation tooling (SC-1312) (#2026) + Enable SUSE based distros for ca handling (#2036) [Robert Schweikert] From 23.1.2 + Make user/vendor data sensitive and remove log permissions (LP: #2013967) (CVE-2023-1786)

- Remove six dependency (bsc#1198269)
- Update to version 22.4 (bsc#1201010)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected cloud-init, cloud-init-config-suse and / or cloud-init-doc packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 189101

File Name: suse_SU-2024-0128-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/17/2024

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1786

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cloud-init, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cloud-init-config-suse

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/26/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1786

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:0128-1

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