UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15869

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-15869
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15869.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15869
Upstream
Published
2018-08-25T00:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-14T07:00:01.018170Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / packer

Package

Name
packer
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/packer@1.0.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.2+dfsg-1
1.0.4+dfsg-1
1.0.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / packer

Package

Name
packer
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/packer@1.3.4+dfsg-4?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.4+dfsg-4

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / packer

Package

Name
packer
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/packer@1.6.6+ds1-4ubuntu0.22.04.3?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.6+ds1-2
1.6.6+ds1-4
1.6.6+ds1-4ubuntu0.22.04.1
1.6.6+ds1-4ubuntu0.22.04.2
1.6.6+ds1-4ubuntu0.22.04.3

Ubuntu:25.04 / awscli

Package

Name
awscli
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/awscli@2.23.6-1?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.17.3-1
2.23.6-1