CVE-2012-0861

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2012-12-04
CWE:
CWE-295
Bugzilla:
790754: CVE-2012-0861 rhev: vds_installer is prone to MITM when downloading 2nd stage installer

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2012-0861 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue does affect Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 2 and 3.

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 2 is now in Production 2 phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/rhev/.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 (rhev-hypervisor6) RHSA-2012:1505 2012-12-04
RHEV Agents (vdsm) (vdsm) RHSA-2012:1508 2012-12-04
RHEV Manager 3 (org.ovirt.engine-root) RHSA-2012:1506 2012-12-04

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 2 ovirt-engine-backend Will not fix
RHEV Manager 3 ovirt-engine-backend Affected

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