CVE-2012-5516
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (RHEV-M) before 3.1, when moving disks between storage domains, does not properly wipe-after-delete, which prevents disks from being securely deleted and might allow local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
Find out more about CVE-2012-5516 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 | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| 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 3.1 | ovirt-engine-backend | Will not fix |
| RHEV Manager 3.0.z | ovirt-engine-backend | Will not fix |
Acknowledgements
This issue was discovered by Allon Mureinik of Red Hat.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation