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CVE-2013-0208 json

The boot-from-volume feature in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom and Essex, when using nova-volumes, allows remote authenticated users to bo…

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-0243

cvss
6.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.5%
EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • nova Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2012.1.1-12

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0208

  • openstack-nova openstack 2 2012.2.2-8.el6ost
  • python-nova openstack 2 2012.2.2-8.el6ost
  • openstack-nova-api openstack 2 2012.2.2-8.el6ost
  • openstack-nova-cert openstack 2 2012.2.2-8.el6ost
  • openstack-nova-common openstack 2 2012.2.2-8.el6ost
  • openstack-nova-volume openstack 2 2012.2.2-8.el6ost
  • openstack-nova-compute openstack 2 2012.2.2-8.el6ost
  • openstack-nova-console openstack 2 2012.2.2-8.el6ost

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:0208

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-0208 updated cvss 6.5

openstack-nova: Boot from volume allows access to random volumes

  • Red Hat OpenStack Folsom python-nova 2012.2.2-8.el6ost, openstack-nova 2012.2.2-8.el6ost, openstack-nova-api 2012.2.2-8.el6ost, openstack-nova-cert 2012.2.2-8.el6ost, openstack-nova-common 2012.2.2-8.el6ost, openstack-nova-volume 2012.2.2-8.el6ost, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0208

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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