Fedora EPEL 6 update for ansible

1) Man-in-the-middle attack

EUVDB-ID: #VU12421

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.7 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2233

CWE-ID: CWE-300 - Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint ('Man-in-the-Middle')

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 6.0

ansible: before 1.2.2-1.el6

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:fedora:*:*

External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2013-10754

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.