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.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | nova | 2012.1.1-12 | — |
| Debian 13 | nova | 2012.1.1-12 | — |
| Debian 12 | nova | 2012.1.1-12 | — |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack 2 | python-nova +11 | 2012.2.2-8.el6ost | RHSA-2013:0208 |
Advisories 1
- RHSA-2013:0208 Red Hat Security Advisory: openstack-nova security and bug fix update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Aug 8, 2026
References
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/317cc0af385536dee43ef2addad50a91357fc1ad
- RHSA-2013:0208 vendor-advisory
- 51992 third-party-advisory
- 51963 third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1069904
- [oss-security] 20130129 [OSSA 2013-001] Boot from volume allows access to random volumes (CVE-2013-0208) mailing-list
- 57613 vdb-entry
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/243d516cea9d3caa5a8267b12d2f577dcb24193b
- USN-1709-1 vendor-advisory
- 89661 vdb-entry
- nova-volume-security-bypass(81697) vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=902629