CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-2299

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: Sep 15, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Versions of the puppetlabs-apache module prior to 1.11.1 and 2.1.0 make it very easy to accidentally misconfigure TLS trust. If you specify the ssl_ca parameter but do not specify the ssl_certs_dir parameter, a default will be provided for the ssl_certs_dir that will trust certificates from any of the system-trusted certificate authorities. This did not affect FreeBSD.

Weakness

The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet0.0.4 (including)0.0.4 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet0.4.0 (including)0.4.0 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet0.6.0 (including)0.6.0 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet0.7.0 (including)0.7.0 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet0.8.0 (including)0.8.0 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet0.8.1 (including)0.8.1 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet0.9.0 (including)0.9.0 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet0.10.0 (including)0.10.0 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet0.11.0 (including)0.11.0 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet1.0.0 (including)1.0.0 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet1.0.1 (including)1.0.1 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet1.1.0 (including)1.1.0 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet1.1.1 (including)1.1.1 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet1.2.0 (including)1.2.0 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet1.3.0 (including)1.3.0 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet1.4.0 (including)1.4.0 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet1.4.1 (including)1.4.1 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet1.5.0 (including)1.5.0 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet1.6.0 (including)1.6.0 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet1.7.0 (including)1.7.0 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet1.7.1 (including)1.7.1 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet1.8.0 (including)1.8.0 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet1.8.1 (including)1.8.1 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet1.10.0 (including)1.10.0 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet1.11.0 (including)1.11.0 (including)
Puppetlabs-apachePuppet2.0.0 (including)2.0.0 (including)
Puppet-module-puppetlabs-apacheUbuntuartful*
Puppet-module-puppetlabs-apacheUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
Puppet-module-puppetlabs-apacheUbuntutrusty*
Puppet-module-puppetlabs-apacheUbuntuupstream*
Puppet-module-puppetlabs-apacheUbuntuxenial*
Puppet-module-puppetlabs-apacheUbuntuzesty*

Potential Mitigations

References