Enterprise Virtualization Manager
CVE-2012-0861
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A04:2025 - Cryptographic Failures
ASVS 5.0
V11 - Cryptography Cryptographic controls
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| Impact | CVSS score of 6.8 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: adjacent network attack vector, high complexity. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.55%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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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. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8). No vendor patch available.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-310. 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. Affected products include: Redhat Enterprise Virtualization Manager. Version information: before 3.1.
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DescriptionCVE.org
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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