CVE-2012-0861

Severity

68%

Complexity

32%

Confidentiality

165%

The vds_installer in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (RHEV-M) before 3.1, when adding a host, uses the -k curl parameter when downloading deployUtil.py and vds_bootstrap.py, which prevents SSL certificates from being validated and allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code via a man-in-the-middle attack.

The vds_installer in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (RHEV-M) before 3.1, when adding a host, uses the -k curl parameter when downloading deployUtil.py and vds_bootstrap.py, which prevents SSL certificates from being validated and allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code via a man-in-the-middle attack.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: adjacent_network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (aka RHEV-M)

First reported 12 years ago

2013-01-04 22:55:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-29 01:31:00

Affected Software

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (aka RHEV-M) 2.1

2.1

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (aka RHEV-M) 2.2

2.2

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (aka RHEV-M) 2.2.3

2.2.3

References

RHSA-2012:1505

Vendor Advisory

RHSA-2012:1506

Vendor Advisory

RHSA-2012:1508

Vendor Advisory

56825

1027838

enterprise-ssl-certificates-mitm(80544)

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