UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15869

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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.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15869
Upstream
Published
2018-08-25T00:29:00Z
Modified
2026-10-17T12:55:02Z
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:18.04:LTS
packer

Package

Name
packer
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/packer?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown 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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "packer",
            "binary_version": "1.0.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15869.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
packer

Package

Name
packer
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/packer?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.3.4+dfsg-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "packer",
            "binary_version": "1.3.4+dfsg-4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15869.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
awscli

Package

Name
awscli
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/awscli?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2.*
2.23.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "awscli",
            "binary_version": "2.23.6-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15869.json"
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
awscli

Package

Name
awscli
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/awscli?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2.*
2.23.6-1
2.31.35-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "awscli",
            "binary_version": "2.31.35-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15869.json"
Ubuntu:26.10
awscli

Package

Name
awscli
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/awscli?arch=source&distro=stonking

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2.*
2.31.35-1
2.34.56-1
2.36.17-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "awscli",
            "binary_version": "2.36.17-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15869.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
packer

Package

Name
packer
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/packer?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fjammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown 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
1.6.6+ds1-4ubuntu0.22.04.3+esm1
1.6.6+ds1-4ubuntu0.22.04.3+esm2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "packer",
            "binary_version": "1.6.6+ds1-4ubuntu0.22.04.3+esm2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15869.json"