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NewStart CGSL MAIN 7.02 : cloud-init Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2025-0173)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 242727

Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 7.02, has cloud-init packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

 - Sensitive data could be exposed in world readable logs of cloud-init before version 22.3 when schema failures are reported. This leak could include hashed passwords. (CVE-2022-2084)

 - When instructing cloud-init to set a random password for a new user account, versions before 21.2 would write that password to the world-readable log file /var/log/cloud-init-output.log. This could allow a local user to log in as another user. (CVE-2021-3429)

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

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL cloud-init packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

See Also

https://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2025-0173

https://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2021-3429

https://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2022-2084

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 242727

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2025-0173_cloud-init.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/25/2025

Updated: 7/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2022-2084

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: cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:7, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:cloud-init

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3429, CVE-2022-2084