CVE-2015-3908 (GCVE-0-2015-3908)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-08-12 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:56
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Summary
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.
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CWE
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Date Public
2015-07-14 00:00
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