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CVE-2012-0861
The vds_installer in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (RHEV-M) before 3.1, when adding a host, uses the -k curl parameter when…
Medium6.8EPSS 0.90%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.90% · top 40% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- RHSA-2012:1508 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 56825 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1506 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1505 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- enterprise-ssl-certificates-mitm(80544) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1027838 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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