ovirt-engine: connection does not validate certificate attributes.
Published Oct 18, 2017
5.9
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.72%
Description
ovirt-engine, as used in Red Hat MRG 3, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers by leveraging failure to verify key attributes in vdsm X.509 certificates.
Affected products
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- 3.0
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Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3
ovirt-engine-backend
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 | ovirt-engine-backend | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue affects the versions of ovirt-engine as shipped with Red Hat MRG 3. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.72% (0.00721) | 52.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.72% (0.00721) | 48.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00067) | 17.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00085) | 37.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00085) | 36.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 11, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00085) | 34.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00100) | 39.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (5)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101507 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3706 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154977 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3706
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3706
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101507 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3706 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154977 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3706 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3706 |
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