Vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (59.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/14/4 (mailing-list, Mailing List)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00051.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ansible.com/security (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00029.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-3908?
- CVE-2015-3908 is a vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible, classified under Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity. Published 2015-08-12.
- Is CVE-2015-3908 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.