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.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essex | Openstack | - (including) | - (including) |
| Folsom | Openstack | - (including) | - (including) |
| OpenStack Folsom for RHEL 6 | RedHat | openstack-nova-0:2012.2.2-8.el6ost | * |
| Nova | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Nova | Ubuntu | oneiric | * |
| Nova | Ubuntu | precise | * |
| Nova | Ubuntu | quantal | * |
References
- http://osvdb.org/89661
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0208.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51963
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51992
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/29/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57613
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1709-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1069904
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=902629
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81697
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/243d516cea9d3caa5a8267b12d2f577dcb24193b
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/317cc0af385536dee43ef2addad50a91357fc1ad
- http://osvdb.org/89661
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0208.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51963
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51992
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/29/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57613
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1709-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1069904
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=902629
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81697
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/243d516cea9d3caa5a8267b12d2f577dcb24193b
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/317cc0af385536dee43ef2addad50a91357fc1ad