CVE-2013-0208

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-0208
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-02-13 16:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

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
Application Openstack Essex - All All All
Application Openstack Folsom - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA51992 - Ubuntu update for nova - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA51963 - OpenStack Compute (Nova) Boot From Volume Arbitrary Volume Booting Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
disallow boot from volume from specifying arbitrary volumes · openstack/nova@317cc0a · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
oss-security - [OSSA 2013-001] Boot from volume allows access to random volumes (CVE-2013-0208) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
disallow boot from volume from specifying arbitrary volumes · openstack/nova@243d516 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Bug #1069904 “[OSSA 2013-001] No authentication on block device ...” : Bugs : OpenStack Compute (nova) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
902629 – (CVE-2013-0208) CVE-2013-0208 openstack-nova: Boot from volume allows access to random volumes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
USN-1709-1: OpenStack Nova vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
OpenStack Compute (Nova) 'nova-volume' Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
osvdb.org/89661 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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