SB2012081301 - Man-in-the-middle attack in Red Hat Ansible
Published: August 13, 2012 Updated: May 8, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012081301
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Man-in-the-middle attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2233)
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attack and obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.The weakness exists due to a failure to cache Secure Shell (SSH) host keys. A remote attacker can conduct man-in-the-middle attack against the Ansible task execution system user and gain access to potentially sensitive information.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.