CVE-2014-3706

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2015-02-20
CWE:
CWE-295
Bugzilla:
1154977: CVE-2014-3706 ovirt-engine: connection does not validate certificate attributes.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

ovirt-engine, as used in Red Hat MRG 3, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers by leveraging failure to verify key attributes in vdsm X.509 certificates.

Find out more about CVE-2014-3706 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue affects the versions of ovirt-engine as shipped with Red Hat MRG 3. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 5.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
RHEV Manager 3.4 ovirt-engine-backend Will not fix
RHEV Manager 3.3 ovirt-engine-backend Will not fix

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