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CVE-2011-0730

Eucalyptus before 2.0.3 and Eucalyptus EE before 2.0.2, as used in Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) and other products, do not properly interpret signed elements in SOAP requests, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary commands by modifying a request, related to an "XML Signature Element Wrapping" or a "SOAP signature replay" issue.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2011-0730 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from eucalyptus, from canonical organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2011, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2011-06-02T19:55:03.777

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	eucalyptus	eucalyptus	< 2.0.2	Yes
Application	eucalyptus	eucalyptus	< 2.0.3	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	10.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	10.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	11.04	Yes

References

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/72472626/eucalyptus_2.0.1%2Bbzr1256-0ubuntu5_2.0.1%2Bbzr1256-0ubuntu6.diff.gz Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://open.eucalyptus.com/wiki/esa-02 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/44705 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48000 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1137-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/746101 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67670 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eucalyptus/+changelog Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/72472626/eucalyptus_2.0.1%2Bbzr1256-0ubuntu5_2.0.1%2Bbzr1256-0ubuntu6.diff.gz Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://open.eucalyptus.com/wiki/esa-02 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/44705 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48000 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1137-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/746101 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67670 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eucalyptus/+changelog Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For eucalyptus's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.