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CVE-2018-6517

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Date: March 17, 2019

Prior to version 0.3.0, chloride's use of net-ssh resulted in host fingerprints for previously unknown hosts getting added to the user's known_hosts file without confirmation. In version 0.3.0 this is updated so that the user's known_hosts file is not updated by chloride.

Language: Ruby

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Related Resources (5)

https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6517
https://web.archive.org/web/20201001014342/https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6517
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6517
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/chloride/CVE-2018-6517.yml
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-6517

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Access Control

CWE-284

Improper Certificate Validation

CWE-295

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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