CVE-2013-0208

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    CVE-2013-0208

    Published: 13 Feb 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The boot-from-volume feature in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom and Essex, when using nova-volumes, allows remote authenticated users to boot from other users' volumes via a volume id in the block_device_mapping parameter.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0208.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/51963, http://secunia.com/advisories/51992, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1709-1, https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/243d516cea9d3caa5a8267b12d2f577dcb24193b, https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/317cc0af385536dee43ef2addad50a91357fc1ad, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=902629, http://osvdb.org/89661, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/29/9, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57613, https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1069904, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81697

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High