CVE-2012-5518: vdsm: certificate generation upon node creation allowing vdsm to start and serve requests from anyone who has a matching key (and certificate)

High severity · published Nov 25, 2019

CVE-2012-5518

vdsm: certificate generation upon node creation allowing vdsm to start and serve requests from anyone who has a matching key (and certificate)

7.5

CVSS

0.7%

EPSS

On KEV

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges

None

User interaction

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Vdsm · Ovirt

All versions, or not specified · source: NVD

Affected product

Vdsm

Ovirt

All Vdsm CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5518

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5518

Mailing List

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/3

Third Party Advisory

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5518

Issue Tracking

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5518