UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1777

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1777
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1777.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1777
Upstream
  • CVE-2015-1777
Published
2018-04-12T15:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:45:20Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

rhnreg_ks in Red Hat Network Client Tools (aka rhn-client-tools) on Red Hat Gluster Storage 2.1 and Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, 6, and 7 does not properly validate hostnames in X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows remote attackers to prevent system registration via a man-in-the-middle attack.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / rhn-client-tools

Package

Name
rhn-client-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rhn-client-tools@1.8.26-4?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.8.26-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.26-4",
            "binary_name": "rhn-client-tools"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1777.json"