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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| cloud-init | cloud-init | before 0.7.0 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | cloud-init | 0.7.1-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | cloud-init | 0.7.1-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | cloud-init | 0.7.1-1 | — |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6639
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6639
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/06/7
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66019/references