Insecure SSH Configuration in Red Hat mkdumprd Script Allows Man-in-the-Middle Attacks

CVE-2011-3588 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:A/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

The SSH configuration in the Red Hat mkdumprd script for kexec-tools, as distributed in the kexec-tools 1.x before 1.102pre-154 and 2.x before 2.0.0-209 packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, disables the StrictHostKeyChecking option, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof kdump servers, and obtain sensitive core information, by using an arbitrary SSH key.

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