CVE-2015-3908 Ansible does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in certificates

What is CVE-2015-3908?

CVE-2015-3908 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Aug 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-345

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3908?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including ansible. It affects 1 product.

Products include Redhat Ansible.

How do I fix CVE-2015-3908?

Upgrade ansible to 1.9.2 or later.

Is CVE-2015-3908 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3908 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2014-4657 Ansible Remote Code Execution Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-4966 Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-4967 Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-7550 Ansible Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File vulnerability Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-3498 Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution High 8.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3908, GHSA-w64c-pxjj-h866, MGASA-2015-0292, PYSEC-2015-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3908.