CVE-2012-0861
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (RHEV-M) SSL Certificate Validation Bypass
Description
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.
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Published Date :
Jan. 4, 2013, 10:55 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 13, 2023, 12:23 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
3.2
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 13, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description CVE-2012-0861 rhev: vds_installer is prone to MITM when downloading 2nd stage installer 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. Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1505 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1506 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1508 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0861 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=790754 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description 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. CVE-2012-0861 rhev: vds_installer is prone to MITM when downloading 2nd stage installer Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1505 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1506 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1508 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0861 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=790754 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/80544 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80544 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 07, 2013
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-0861 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-0861
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.42 }} 0.09%
score
0.74358
percentile