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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 downloading deployUtil.…

Impact

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

VendorProductAffected versions
RedhatEnterprise Virtualization Manager
through 3.0
Versions 2.1, 2.2, 2.2.3

Weakness classification

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