ALAS2023-2023-196


Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-196
Advisory Release Date: 2023-06-05 16:39 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-06-07 20:09 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

Sensitive data could be exposed in logs of cloud-init before version 23.1.2. An attacker could use this information to find hashed passwords and possibly escalate their privilege. (CVE-2023-1786)


Affected Packages:

cloud-init


Issue Correction:
Run dnf update cloud-init --releasever 2023.0.20230607 to update your system.

New Packages:
noarch:
    cloud-init-22.2.2-1.amzn2023.1.8.noarch

src:
    cloud-init-22.2.2-1.amzn2023.1.8.src