CVE-2017-5243

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Jun 6, 2017
Updated: Aug 5, 2024
Reserved: Jan 9, 2017

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

CWE-327 (Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm)

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Nexpose hardware applianceRapid7	All Nexpose hardware appliances shipped before June 2017.Affected

References

https://community.rapid7.com/community/nexpose/blog/2017/05/31/r7-2017-13-nexpose-hardware-appliance-ssh-enabled-obsolete-algorithms-cve-2017-5243

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