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] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2015-3908", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-345", "name": "Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity" }, "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "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.", "title": "Vulnerability description" }, { "category": "general", "text": "The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.", "title": "CVSS score applicability" }, { "category": "other", "text": "TuxCare has assessed that this vulnerability does not impact any currently supported TuxCare products. This evaluation may change as new information becomes available. For additional details regarding this vulnerability and affected products, refer to the provided references.", "title": "Statement" } ], "product_status": { "known_not_affected": [ "Ubuntu-16:ansible-0:2.1.1.0-1~ubuntu16.04.1+tuxcare.els1.all", "Ubuntu-16:ansible-0:2.1.1.0-1~ubuntu16.04.1+tuxcare.els11.all", "Ubuntu-16:ansible-0:2.1.1.0-1~ubuntu16.04.1+tuxcare.els12.all", "Ubuntu-16:ansible-0:2.1.1.0-1~ubuntu16.04.1+tuxcare.els2.all", "Ubuntu-16:ansible-0:2.1.1.0-1~ubuntu16.04.1+tuxcare.els4.all", "Ubuntu-16:ansible-0:2.1.1.0-1~ubuntu16.04.1+tuxcare.els5.all", "Ubuntu-16:ansible-0:2.1.1.0-1~ubuntu16.04.1+tuxcare.els8.all" ] }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "Canonical URL", "url": "https://cve.tuxcare.com/els/cve/CVE-2015-3908" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00051.html", "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00051.html" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00029.html", "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00029.html" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://www.ansible.com/security", "url": "http://www.ansible.com/security" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/14/4", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/14/4" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html", "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html" } ], "release_date": "2015-08-12T14:59:00Z", "scores": [ { "cvss_v2": { "accessComplexity": "MEDIUM", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 4.3, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N", "version": "2.0" }, "products": [ "Ubuntu-16:ansible-0:2.1.1.0-1~ubuntu16.04.1+tuxcare.els1.all", "Ubuntu-16:ansible-0:2.1.1.0-1~ubuntu16.04.1+tuxcare.els11.all", "Ubuntu-16:ansible-0:2.1.1.0-1~ubuntu16.04.1+tuxcare.els12.all", "Ubuntu-16:ansible-0:2.1.1.0-1~ubuntu16.04.1+tuxcare.els2.all", "Ubuntu-16:ansible-0:2.1.1.0-1~ubuntu16.04.1+tuxcare.els4.all", "Ubuntu-16:ansible-0:2.1.1.0-1~ubuntu16.04.1+tuxcare.els5.all", "Ubuntu-16:ansible-0:2.1.1.0-1~ubuntu16.04.1+tuxcare.els8.all" ] } ], "threats": [ { "category": "impact", "details": "Moderate" }, { "category": "impact", "date": "2026-06-12T13:02:05.015768Z", "details": "Not affected: This issue only applies to Ansible releases prior to 1.9.2, where TLS hostname verification was not enforced in modules like get_url/uri and related lookup plugins; the vendor marks 1.9.2+dfsg-1 as not affected. The deployed Ansible version (2.0.0.2) is newer than 1.9.2 and includes the fix that validates certificate hostnames, so the vulnerable code path is not present.", "product_ids": [ "Ubuntu-16:ansible-0:2.1.1.0-1~ubuntu16.04.1+tuxcare.els1.all", "Ubuntu-16:ansible-0:2.1.1.0-1~ubuntu16.04.1+tuxcare.els11.all", "Ubuntu-16:ansible-0:2.1.1.0-1~ubuntu16.04.1+tuxcare.els12.all", "Ubuntu-16:ansible-0:2.1.1.0-1~ubuntu16.04.1+tuxcare.els2.all", "Ubuntu-16:ansible-0:2.1.1.0-1~ubuntu16.04.1+tuxcare.els4.all", "Ubuntu-16:ansible-0:2.1.1.0-1~ubuntu16.04.1+tuxcare.els5.all", "Ubuntu-16:ansible-0:2.1.1.0-1~ubuntu16.04.1+tuxcare.els8.all" ] } ] } ] }