CVE-2012-6639

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.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.20% Top 25%
Third-Party Advisory openwall.com Third-Party Advisory redhat.com Third-Party Advisory redhat.com Third-Party Advisory suse.com Third-Party Advisory debian.org Third-Party Advisory securityfocus.com
Affected: cloud-init cloud-init
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6639 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639 issue tracking third party advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639 issue tracking third party advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6639 third party advisory patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/06/7 third party advisory mailing list
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66019/references vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-6639?
CVE-2012-6639 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-6639?
To fix CVE-2012-6639, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-6639 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-6639 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2012-6639?
CVE-2012-6639 affects cloud-init cloud-init.
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