CVE-2012-6639 Detail

Current 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.

Source:  MITRE
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Analysis 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.

Source:  MITRE

Severity

CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Metrics:

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )

 cpe:2.3:a:canonical:cloud-init:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
Up to (excluding)
0.7.0

Configuration 2 ( hide )
Configuration 3 ( hide )

Change History

1 change record found – show changes

Initial Analysis12/5/2019 11:04:39 AM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CPE Configuration
OR
     *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:cloud-init:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.7.0
Added CPE Configuration
OR
     *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Added CPE Configuration
OR
     *cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
     *cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Added CVSS V2
NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Added CVSS V3.1
NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added CWE
NIST CWE-269
Changed Reference Type
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/06/7 No Types Assigned
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/06/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6639 No Types Assigned
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6639 Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639 No Types Assigned
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639 No Types Assigned
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6639 No Types Assigned
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6639 Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66019/references No Types Assigned
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66019/references Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-6639
NVD Published Date:
11/25/2019
NVD Last Modified:
12/05/2019