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Libcloud does not properly scrub data when destroying a DigitalOcean node

Low severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 6, 2024

Package

pip apache-libcloud (pip)

Affected versions

>= 0.12.3, <= 0.13.2

Patched versions

0.13.3

Description

Libcloud 0.12.3 through 0.13.2 does not set the scrub_data parameter for the destroy DigitalOcean API, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging a new VM.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 7, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Reviewed Feb 23, 2024
Last updated Sep 6, 2024

Severity

Low

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(68th percentile)

Weaknesses

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2013-6480

GHSA ID

GHSA-g892-9h8m-r69r

Source code

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