Improper handling of ssh known_hosts file with Chloride
Published: March 08, 2019
SECURITY IDENTIFIERS
- CVE: CVE-2018-6517 (NVD)
- GHSA: GHSA-573x-jhqh-jg36
- Vendor Advisory: https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6517
GEM
SEVERITY
CVSS v3.x: 5.0 (Medium)
PATCHED VERSIONS
>= 0.3.0
DESCRIPTION
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.