CVE-2015-3908
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.22%ansible - security update
Published: 10/10/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (4)
- Debian/ansiblefrom 0, < 1.9.2+dfsg-1
- Debian/ansiblefrom 0, < 1.7.2+dfsg-2+deb8u2
- PyPI/ansiblefrom 0, < 1.9.2
- PyPI/ansiblefrom 0, < 1.9.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
References (10)
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w64c-pxjj-h866
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3908
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3908
- PATCHhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00051.html
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00029.html
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2015-1.yaml
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html
- WEBhttp://www.ansible.com/security
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/14/4