CVE-2019-19755
published 2024-04-30CVE-2019-19755: ethOS through 1.3.3 ships with SSH host keys baked into the installation image, which allows man-in-the-middle attacks and makes identification of all public…
PriorityP275critical9.1CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAN
ITWVulnCheck KEV
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
0.43%
34.3th percentile
ethOS through 1.3.3 ships with SSH host keys baked into the installation image, which allows man-in-the-middle attacks and makes identification of all public IPv4 nodes trivial with Shodan.io. NOTE: as of 2019-12-01, the vendor indicated that they plan to fix this.
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.19.1CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
vulncheck9.1CRITICAL
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GHSA
GHSA-ww3h-6rx6-947h: ethOS through 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2024-04-30
CVE-2019-19755 [CRITICAL] CWE-300 GHSA-ww3h-6rx6-947h: ethOS through 1
ethOS through 1.3.3 ships with SSH host keys baked into the installation image, which allows man-in-the-middle attacks and makes identification of all public IPv4 nodes trivial with Shodan.io. NOTE: as of 2019-12-01, the vendor indicated that they plan to fix this.
VulnCheck
ethOS SSH Host Key Reuse
vulncheck·2019·CVSS 9.1
CVE-2019-19755 [CRITICAL] ethOS SSH Host Key Reuse
ethOS SSH Host Key Reuse
ethOS through 1.3.3 ships with SSH host keys baked into the installation image, which allows man-in-the-middle attacks and makes identification of all public IPv4 nodes trivial with Shodan.io.
Affected: ethosdistro ethOS
Required Action: Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Exploitation References: https://rsaxvc.net/blog/2020/4/10/Widespread_re-use_of_SSH_Host_Keys_in_Ethereum_Mining_Rig_Operating_Systems.html
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
2024-04-30
Published
Exploited in the wild