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CVE-2013-0208
The boot-from-volume feature in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom and Essex, when using nova-volumes, allows remote authenticated users to…
Medium6.5EPSS 2.5%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/317cc0af385536dee43ef2addad50a91357fc1ad (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0208 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 51992 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 51963 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1069904 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130129 [OSSA 2013-001] Boot from volume allows access to random volumes (CVE-2013-0208) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 57613 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/243d516cea9d3caa5a8267b12d2f577dcb24193b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1709-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 89661 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- nova-volume-security-bypass(81697) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=902629 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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