Man-in-the-middle attack in Ansible - CVE-2013-2233

 

Man-in-the-middle attack in Ansible - CVE-2013-2233

Published: May 8, 2018 / Updated: May 8, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12421
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Ansible

Detailed vulnerability 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.

How to mitigate CVE-2013-2233

Update to version 1.2.1.

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