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.
Affected products
openstack: essex; openstack: folsom; openstack: grizzly; canonical: ubuntu linux
References10
- secunia.com/advisories/52337 Vendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/52728 Vendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/52337 Vendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/52728 Vendor Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0709.html
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/26/7
- www.osvdb.org/90657
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1771-1
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0709
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0335
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.6
HIGH
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - EPSS — exploit probability
- 2% percentile: 82 · as of 8 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-613CWE-264
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