CVE-2015-3908

Ansible before 1.9.2 does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00051.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/14/4	Mailing List
http://www.ansible.com/security	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00029.html	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2015-08-12 07:59

Updated : 2019-09-16 08:15

NVD link : CVE-2015-3908

Mitre link : CVE-2015-3908

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-345

Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

Products Affected

redhat

ansible

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