CVE-2012-6639
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2012-6639 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2019-11-25 18:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2020-08-18 15:05:00 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-269
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Canonical | Cloud-init | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Canonical | Cloud-init | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 10.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 10.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Server | 11 | sp2 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Server | 11 | sp3 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Server | 11 | sp2 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Server | 11 | sp3 | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2012-6639 | MISC | security-tracker.debian.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Bug 867302 – VUL-0: CVE-2012-6639: cloud-init: might access random "instance-data.local.domain" host | MISC | bugzilla.suse.com | Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory |
| oss-security - Re: CVE request: cloud-init DNS resolution fix | MISC | www.openwall.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Cloud-init CVE-2012-6639 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | MISC | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| 1073591 – (CVE-2012-6639) CVE-2012-6639 cloud-init: insecure transmission of EC2 instance data can lead to root privilege escalation | MISC | bugzilla.redhat.com | Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory |
| CVE-2012-6639 - Red Hat Customer Portal | MISC | access.redhat.com | Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Cloud-init CVE-2012-6639 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | MITRE | www.securityfocus.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.