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CVE-2012-0861
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2013-01-04 · updated 2026-06-16
- Weakness: CWE-310
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.
Affected products
- RedHat Enterprise Virtualization Manager: through 3.0; 2.1, 2.2, 2.2.3
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1505.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1506.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1508.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56825
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027838
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80544
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1505.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1506.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1508.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56825
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027838
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80544
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