CVE-2012-5518

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-295

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
vdsm	vdsm	through 2012-11-10

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5518Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5518Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5518Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5518Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Nov 25, 2019
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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