CVE-2015-1777

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-1777
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-04-12 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-04-22 17:48:00 UTC
Descriptionrhnreg_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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-295

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Gluster Storage 2.1 All All All
Application Redhat Gluster Storage 2.1 All All All
Application Redhat Rhn-client-tools All All All All
Application Redhat Rhn-client-tools All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Another Python app (rhn-setup: rhnreg_ks) not checking hostnames in certs properly CVE-2015-1777 MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List
Bug 1198740 – CVE-2015-1777 rhn-setup: rhnreg_ks fails to properly validate SSL/TLS certificates CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
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