Description
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: 2015-08-12
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1923-1 ansible security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-0001 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-w64c-pxjj-h866 Ansible does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in certificates
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7330-1 Ansible vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:56:16.144Z

Reserved: 2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-3908

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-08-12T14:59:21.697

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-3908

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2015-06-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-3908 - Bugzilla

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