# CVE-2012-0861: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Man-in-the-middle attackers can execute arbitrary Python code during host addition due to disabled SSL certificate validation in the installer.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 4 Jan 2013
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9gfq-v95v-9hrx, RHSA-2012:1505

## What is CVE-2012-0861?

CVE-2012-0861 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Jan 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-310

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0861?

It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `rhev-hypervisor6` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor | All versions | 0:6.3-20121121.0.el6_3 |

Products: Redhat Enterprise Virtualization Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-0861?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2012-0861 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0861 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2015-7544](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7544/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2015-0237](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0237/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2010-2793](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-2793/): Race condition in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2014-3573](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3573/): XML external entity in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2012-0860](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0860/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 6.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-0861 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-0861 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Jan 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0861 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0861/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0861/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0861
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0861
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-0861

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0861/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.