CVE-2013-6480

Summary

CVECVE-2013-6480
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-01-07 18:55:07 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionLibcloud 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.020600000 probability, percentile 0.793270000 (date 2026-07-22)

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Libcloud 0.12.3 All All All
Application Apache Libcloud 0.12.4 All All All
Application Apache Libcloud 0.13.0 All All All
Application Apache Libcloud 0.13.1 All All All
Application Apache Libcloud 0.13.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security | Apache Libcloud af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 libcloud.apache.org Vendor Advisory
Transparency Regarding Data Security | DigitalOcean af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 digitalocean.com
Apache Libcloud Digital Ocean API Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Digital Ocean API is not told to scrub (securely delete) VM on destroy · Issue #2525 · fog/fog · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
openSUSE-SU-2014:0198-1: moderate: update for python-apache-libcloud af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 997552 Python (Pip) Security Update for apache-libcloud (GHSA-g892-9h8m-r69r)

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