Description
The default SSH configuration in Rapid7 Nexpose hardware appliances shipped before June 2017 does not specify desired algorithms for key exchange and other important functions. As a result, it falls back to allowing ALL algorithms supported by the relevant version of OpenSSH and makes the installations vulnerable to a range of MITM, downgrade, and decryption attacks.
Published: 2017-06-06
Score: 8.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-14348 The default SSH configuration in Rapid7 Nexpose hardware appliances shipped before June 2017 does not specify desired algorithms for key exchange and other important functions. As a result, it falls back to allowing ALL algorithms supported by the relevant version of OpenSSH and makes the installations vulnerable to a range of MITM, downgrade, and decryption attacks.
History

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: rapid7

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T14:55:35.807Z

Reserved: 2017-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-5243

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-06-06T16:29:00.173

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-5243

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