UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3908

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3908
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3908.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3908
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Related
Published
2015-08-12T14:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:11:32.062067Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / ansible

Package

Name
ansible
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ansible@1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3

Affected versions

1.*

1.1+dfsg-1
1.3.4+dfsg-1
1.4.0+dfsg-1
1.4.1+dfsg-1
1.4.3+dfsg-1
1.4.4+dfsg-1
1.5.4+dfsg-1
1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3",
            "binary_name": "ansible"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3",
            "binary_name": "ansible-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3",
            "binary_name": "ansible-fireball"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3",
            "binary_name": "ansible-node-fireball"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}