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CVE-2012-6115 json

The domain management tool (rhevm-manage-domains) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (RHEV-M) 3.1 and earlier, when the validate…

published 2013-03-12 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-5982

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The domain management tool (rhevm-manage-domains) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (RHEV-M) 3.1 and earlier, when the validate action is enabled, logs the administrative password to a world-readable log file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading this file.

Patch / fix

  • rhevm rhev manager 3 3.1.0-43.el6ev
  • rhevm-setup rhev manager 3 3.1.0-43.el6ev
  • rhevm-config rhev manager 3 3.1.0-43.el6ev
  • rhevm-backend rhev manager 3 3.1.0-43.el6ev
  • rhevm-restapi rhev manager 3 3.1.0-43.el6ev
  • rhevm-dbscripts rhev manager 3 3.1.0-43.el6ev
  • rhevm-genericapi rhev manager 3 3.1.0-43.el6ev
  • rhevm-userportal rhev manager 3 3.1.0-43.el6ev

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:0211

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-2012-6115 updated cvss 4.7

rhev: rhevm-manage-domains logs admin passwords

  • Red Hat RHEV-M 3.1 rhevm 3.1.0-43.el6ev, rhevm-setup 3.1.0-43.el6ev, rhevm-config 3.1.0-43.el6ev, rhevm-backend 3.1.0-43.el6ev, rhevm-restapi 3.1.0-43.el6ev, rhevm-dbscripts 3.1.0-43.el6ev, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0211
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 2 ovirt-engine-config
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-255 Credentials Management Errors

References

Sources

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