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CVE-2017-11501 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.9 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/20/1 CVEMailing ListMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/27506 CVEIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/nix-security-announce/qrDU0KH_ZRk CVE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/20/1 [email protected]Mailing ListMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/27506 [email protected]Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-295Improper Certificate Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
nixos project nixos
<= 17.03

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:nixos_project:nixos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-11501
NVD Published Date:
Jul 20, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-11501 Details - Not Deferred