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CVE-2017-5243

UNKNOWN
Published 2017-06-06T16:00:00
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Description

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.

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Affected Products

Rapid7

Nexpose hardware appliance

Affected Versions:

All Nexpose hardware appliances shipped before June 2017.

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-p52h-rp33-x9gq

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5243
WEB https://community.rapid7.com/community/nexpose/blog/2017/05/31/r7-2017-13-nexpose-hardware-appliance-ssh-enabled-obsolete-algorithms-cve-2017-5243

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022

References

https://community.rapid7.com/community/nexpose/blog/2017/05/31/r7-2017-13-nexpose-hardware-appliance-ssh-enabled-obsolete-algorithms-cve-2017-5243
Published: 2017-06-06T16:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T14:55:35.807Z
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