High severity · published May 4, 2018
CVE-2013-2233
Ansible before 1.2.1 makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks by leveraging failure to cache SSH host keys
7.4
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Ansible before 1.2.1 makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks by leveraging failure to cache SSH host keys.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Ansible · Redhat
before 1.2.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2233
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2233
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/01/2
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/02/6
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=980821
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/857
Vendor Advisory
https://www.ansible.com/security
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