CVE-2013-0335

Publication date 26 February 2013

Last updated 7 August 2026

Ubuntu priority

Low

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.6 · High

Score breakdown

Description

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Folsom (2012.2), and Essex (2012.1) allows remote authenticated users to gain access to a VM in opportunistic circumstances by using the VNC token for a deleted VM that was bound to the same VNC port.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
nova 12.10 quantal
Fixed 2012.2.1+stable-20121212-a99a802e-0ubuntu1.4
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 2012.1.3+stable-20120827-4d2a4afe-0ubuntu1.4
11.10 oneiric Ignored
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

on 11.10, VNC consoles are only available via the web interface, but the web interface (horizon) is not functional since it depends on keystone and the keystone in 11.10 is a pre-release version and unusable with other components like horizon and nova.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
nova

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.6 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1771-1
    • OpenStack Nova vulnerabilities
    • 20 March 2013

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