Bug#1108403: cloud-init: CVE-2024-6174

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Source: cloud-init
Version: 25.1.1-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil@debian.org, Debian Security Team <team@security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for cloud-init.

CVE-2024-6174[0]:
| When a non-x86 platform is detected, cloud-init grants root access
| to a hardcoded url with a local IP address. To prevent this, cloud-
| init default configurations disable platform enumeration.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-6174
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6174
[1] https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/commit/f43937f0b462734eb9c76700491c18fe4133c8e1

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore