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CVE-2013-6480

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2014-01-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Libcloud 0.12.3 through 0.13.2 does not set the scrub_data parameter for the destroy DigitalOcean API, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging a new VM.

Affected products

• Apache Libcloud: 0.12.3, 0.12.4, 0.13.0, 0.13.1, 0.13.2

References

• http://libcloud.apache.org/security.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00015.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530624/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64617
• https://digitalocean.com/blog_posts/transparency-regarding-data-security
• https://github.com/fog/fog/issues/2525
• http://libcloud.apache.org/security.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00015.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530624/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64617
• https://digitalocean.com/blog_posts/transparency-regarding-data-security
• https://github.com/fog/fog/issues/2525

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