CVE-2012-5516

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% 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-200

Description

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.

Affected products

RedHat Enterprise Virtualization Manager: through 3.0; 2.1, 2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.4

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1506.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56825
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027838
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80546
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1506.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56825
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027838
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80546

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