CVE-2017-11501
CVSS V2 Medium 4.3
CVSS V3 Medium 5.9
Description
NixOS 17.03 and earlier has an unintended default absence of SSL Certificate Validation for LDAP. The users.ldap NixOS module implements user authentication against LDAP servers via a PAM module. It was found that if TLS is enabled to connect to the LDAP server with users.ldap.useTLS, peer verification will be unconditionally disabled in /etc/ldap.conf.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-11501
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2017-07-20T23:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2019-05-10T19:41:05
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:nixos_project:nixos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 17.03 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 4.3
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 8.6
- Impact Score
- 2.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- HIGH
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 5.9
- Base Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 2.2
- Impact Score
- 3.6
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/27506 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/20/1 | Mailing List Mitigation Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/nix-security-announce/qrDU0KH_ZRk | Mitigation Third Party Advisory |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11501 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11501 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 07:53:06 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 18:57:17 | 2017-07-20T23:29Z | 2017-07-20T23:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 18:57:17 | 2019-05-10T19:41:05 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 18:57:17 | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |