Access Restriction Bypass Affecting ovirt-engine-backend package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-OVIRTENGINEBACKEND-6419449
  • published8 Mar 2024
  • disclosed4 Dec 2012

Introduced: 4 Dec 2012

CVE-2012-2696  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 ovirt-engine-backend.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ovirt-engine-backend package and not the ovirt-engine-backend package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The backend in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (RHEV-M) before 3.1 does not properly check privileges, which allows remote authenticated users to query arbitrary information via a (1) SOAP or (2) GWT request.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1