VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-6639
An privilege elevation vulnerability exists in Cloud-init before 0.7.0 when requests to an untrusted system are submitted for EC2 instance data.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 2.05%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.05%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An privilege elevation vulnerability exists in Cloud-init before 0.7.0 when requests to an untrusted system are submitted for EC2 instance data.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.05% probability · 80th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- canonical/cloud-init · debian/debian linux · suse/linux enterprise server
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/06/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6639Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6639Third Party Advisory
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66019/referencesThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/06/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6639Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6639Third Party Advisory
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66019/referencesThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.