CVE-2015-3908 — Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in Redhat Ansible

CWE-345 — Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity11 documents8 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 55.41%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Redhat Ansible
Timeline
PublishedAug 12
Latest updateMar 28

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:P/A:NExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶PyPIredhat/ansible< 1.9.2
▶Debianredhat/ansible< 1.9.2+dfsg-1+3
▶Ubunturedhat/ansible< 1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3+3
▶NVDredhat/ansible1.9.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

6
OSV
ansible regression↗2025-03-28
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OSV
ansible vulnerabilities↗2025-03-05
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OSV
Ansible does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in certificates↗2018-10-10
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GHSA
Ansible does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in certificates↗2018-10-10
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OSV
CVE-2015-3908: Ansible before 1↗2015-08-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Ansible vulnerabilities↗2025-03-05
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Red Hat
ansible: multiple issues fixed in 1.9.2↗2015-06-19
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Debian
CVE-2015-3908: ansible - Ansible before 1.9.2 does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain n...↗2015
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-6240 CVE-2015-3908 ansible: multiple issues fixed in 1.9.2↗2015-07-15
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