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CVE-2012-0861 json

The vds_installer in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (RHEV-M) before 3.1, when adding a host, uses the -k curl parameter when dow…

published 2013-01-04 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-0886

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • vdsm RHEL 6 4.9.6-44.0.el6_3
  • vdsm-cli RHEL 6 4.9.6-44.0.el6_3
  • vdsm-reg RHEL 6 4.9.6-44.0.el6_3
  • vdsm-python RHEL 6 4.9.6-44.0.el6_3
  • vdsm-hook-vhostmd RHEL 6 4.9.6-44.0.el6_3
  • rhevm rhev manager 3 3.1.0-32.el6ev
  • rhevm-setup rhev manager 3 3.1.0-32.el6ev
  • rhevm-config rhev manager 3 3.1.0-32.el6ev

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:1508RHSA-2012:1506RHSA-2012:1505

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-0861 updated cvss 6.8

rhev: vds_installer is prone to MITM when downloading 2nd stage installer

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 2 ovirt-engine-backend
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat RHEV Agents (vdsm) vdsm 4.9.6-44.0.el6_3, vdsm-cli 4.9.6-44.0.el6_3, vdsm-reg 4.9.6-44.0.el6_3, vdsm-python 4.9.6-44.0.el6_3, vdsm-hook-vhostmd 4.9.6-44.0.el6_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1508
  • Red Hat RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 rhev-hypervisor6 6.3-20121121.0.el6_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1505
  • Red Hat RHEV-M for Servers rhevm 3.1.0-32.el6ev, rhevm-setup 3.1.0-32.el6ev, rhevm-config 3.1.0-32.el6ev, rhevm-backend 3.1.0-32.el6ev, rhevm-restapi 3.1.0-32.el6ev, rhevm-dbscripts 3.1.0-32.el6ev, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1506

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.