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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: rapid7

Published: 2017-06-06T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T14:55:35.807Z

Reserved: 2017-01-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-5243

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-06-06T16:29:00.173

Modified: 2019-10-09T23:28:15.090

Link: CVE-2017-5243

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