CVE-2015-3908
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.9.2+dfsg-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.9.2+dfsg-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.9.2+dfsg-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.9.2+dfsg-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.9.2+dfsg-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | ansible | <1.9.2 | 1.9.2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | ansible | {"endIncluding":"1.9.1"} | |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3908
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00051.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00029.html
- http://www.ansible.com/security
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/14/4
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3908
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w64c-pxjj-h866
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2015-1.yaml
CWEs
CWE-345
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.