CVE-2015-4217 Weak cryptography in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can defeat cryptographic protections on Cisco security appliances by exploiting shared default SSH host keys across installations.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2015-4217?

CVE-2015-4217 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Jun 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The remote-support feature on Cisco Web Security Virtual Appliance (WSAv), Email Security Virtual Appliance (ESAv), and Security Management Virtual Appliance (SMAv) devices before 2015-06-25 uses the same default SSH host keys across different customers' installations, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging knowledge of a private key from another installation, aka Bug IDs CSCus29681, CSCuu95676, and CSCuu96601.

Weakness: CWE-310, CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-4217?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Cisco Content Security Management Virtual Appliance, Cisco Email Security Virtual Appliance, Cisco Web Security Virtual Appliance.

How do I fix CVE-2015-4217?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-4217 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-4217 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4217 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rwpv-8h6r-wrrr.

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