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CVE-2018-15869 Details

Description

An Amazon Web Services (AWS) developer who does not specify the --owners flag when describing images via AWS CLI, and therefore not properly validating source software per AWS recommended security best practices, may unintentionally load an undesired and potentially malicious Amazon Machine Image (AMI) from the uncurated public community AMI catalog.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/issues/6584 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105172 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/issues/6584 [email protected]Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105172 [email protected]Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
hashicorp packer
< 1.3.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:packer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-15869
NVD Published Date:
Aug 25, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-15869 Details - Not Deferred