What is CVE-2012-5518?

CVE-2012-5518 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ovirt Vdsm, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-25.

How severe is CVE-2012-5518?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ovirt Vdsm

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)

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.007 (50.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Ovirt Vdsm
Vdsm — versions through 2012-11-10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-5518?: CVE-2012-5518 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ovirt Vdsm, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-25.
How severe is CVE-2012-5518?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.