RHSA-2020:4650

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2020-11-03 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 11:11
Summary
security update for cloud-init
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Title of the patch: security update for cloud-init
Description of the patch: This security update provides a functional equivalent of RHSA-2020:4650. The original Red Hat(R) advisory is available from the Red Hat web site at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4650.
Patchnames: RHSA-2020:4650
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2020-8631
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 8:cloud-init-0:19.4-11.el8.noarch —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2020-8632
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 1 product, the same list as for CVE-2020-8631
Threats
Impact important
References
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