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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 60.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-08-12 14:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 05:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-05-12
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-345Insufficient Verification of Data AuthenticityClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- acd5e97360e569cfb32f472de81dcaba7f8355b3bda713151b61ea58ed4ae4e3
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150714 [CVE-2015-3908] Improper TLS Certificate Validation in Ansiblehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/14/4
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1280http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00051.html
- www.ansible.comhttp://www.ansible.com/security
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1452http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00029.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190916 [SECURITY] [DLA 1923-1] ansible security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ansible Fixed in 1.9.2+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ansible Fixed in 1.9.2+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ansible Fixed in 1.9.2+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- ansible Fixed in 1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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