SB2012081301 - Man-in-the-middle attack in Red Hat Ansible
Published: August 13, 2012 Updated: May 8, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012081301
CSH 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 vulnerability.
1) Man-in-the-middle attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2233)
CWE-ID: CWE-300 - Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint ('Man-in-the-Middle')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
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.