CVE-2013-0208

Summary

CVECVE-2013-0208
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-02-13 16:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-29 01:33:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.10 All All All
Application Openstack Essex - All All All
Application Openstack Essex - All All All
Application Openstack Folsom - All All All
Application Openstack Folsom - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
disallow boot from volume from specifying arbitrary volumes · openstack/nova@243d516 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
89661 OSVDB osvdb.org
OpenStack Compute (Nova) 'nova-volume' Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - [OSSA 2013-001] Boot from volume allows access to random volumes (CVE-2013-0208) MLIST www.openwall.com
Security Advisory SA51992 - Ubuntu update for nova - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
disallow boot from volume from specifying arbitrary volumes · openstack/nova@317cc0a · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
USN-1709-1: OpenStack Nova vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Security Advisory SA51963 - OpenStack Compute (Nova) Boot From Volume Arbitrary Volume Booting Vulnerability - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
902629 – (CVE-2013-0208) CVE-2013-0208 openstack-nova: Boot from volume allows access to random volumes MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Bug #1069904 “[OSSA 2013-001] No authentication on block device ...” : Bugs : OpenStack Compute (nova) CONFIRM bugs.launchpad.net
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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