ubuntu-cve-2015-3908
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2015-08-12 14:59
Modified
2025-10-14 16:46
Summary
Details

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 attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ansible",
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ansible-fireball",
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ansible-node-fireball",
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "ansible",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ansible@1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.1+dfsg-1",
        "1.3.4+dfsg-1",
        "1.4.0+dfsg-1",
        "1.4.1+dfsg-1",
        "1.4.3+dfsg-1",
        "1.4.4+dfsg-1",
        "1.5.4+dfsg-1",
        "1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
        "1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Ansible before 1.9.2 does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject\u0027s Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3908",
  "modified": "2025-10-14T16:46:21Z",
  "published": "2015-08-12T14:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3908"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/14/4"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3908"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7330-1"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-7330-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2015-3908"
  ]
}



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