CVE-2013-0208

Description

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.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.15% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-0208?
CVE-2013-0208 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-0208?
To fix CVE-2013-0208, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-0208 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-0208 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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