CVE-2012-6639
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 25, 2019 at 05:29 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:48 PM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxLinux Enterprise ServerCloud Init
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 0.7.0
Affected range stops below 0.7.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 0.7.0
Affected range stops below 0.7.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/06/7x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6639x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6639x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66019/referencesCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269
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