CVE-2012-0861 Information

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.

Reference

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1505.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1506.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1508.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56825 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027838 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80544 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.