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MiracleLinux 8 : cloud-init-19.4-11.el8 (AXSA:2021-1222:01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 294213

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2021-1222:01 advisory.

 * cloud-init: Use of random.choice when generating random password (CVE-2020-8631)
 * cloud-init: Too short random password length in cc_set_password in config/cc_set_passwords.py (CVE-2020-8632)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected cloud-init package.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/12404

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 294213

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2021-1222.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/20/2026

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8632

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:miracle:linux:cloud-init, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8631, CVE-2020-8632