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CVE-2017-5243 (GCVE-0-2017-5243)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-06-06 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:55
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Summary
The default SSH configuration in Rapid7 Nexpose hardware appliances shipped before June 2017 does not specify desired algorithms for key exchange and other important functions. As a result, it falls back to allowing ALL algorithms supported by the relevant version of OpenSSH and makes the installations vulnerable to a range of MITM, downgrade, and decryption attacks.
Severity
8.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-327 - (Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Rapid7 Nexpose hardware appliance Affected: All Nexpose hardware appliances shipped before June 2017.
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Date Public
2017-05-31 00:00
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