cvelist/2017/5xxx/CVE-2017-5243.json

{
   "CVE_data_meta" : {
      "ASSIGNER" : "cve@rapid7.com",
      "ID" : "CVE-2017-5243",
      "STATE" : "PUBLIC"
   },
   "affects" : {
      "vendor" : {
         "vendor_data" : [
            {
               "product" : {
                  "product_data" : [
                     {
                        "product_name" : "Nexpose hardware appliance",
                        "version" : {
                           "version_data" : [
                              {
                                 "version_value" : "All Nexpose hardware appliances shipped before June 2017."
                              }
                           ]
                        }
                     }
                  ]
               },
               "vendor_name" : "Rapid7"
            }
         ]
      }
   },
   "data_format" : "MITRE",
   "data_type" : "CVE",
   "data_version" : "4.0",
   "description" : {
      "description_data" : [
         {
            "lang" : "eng",
            "value" : "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."
         }
      ]
   },
   "problemtype" : {
      "problemtype_data" : [
         {
            "description" : [
               {
                  "lang" : "eng",
                  "value" : "CWE-327 (Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm)"
               }
            ]
         }
      ]
   },
   "references" : {
      "reference_data" : [
         {
            "name" : "https://community.rapid7.com/community/nexpose/blog/2017/05/31/r7-2017-13-nexpose-hardware-appliance-ssh-enabled-obsolete-algorithms-cve-2017-5243",
            "refsource" : "CONFIRM",
            "url" : "https://community.rapid7.com/community/nexpose/blog/2017/05/31/r7-2017-13-nexpose-hardware-appliance-ssh-enabled-obsolete-algorithms-cve-2017-5243"
         }
      ]
   }
}