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ubuntu-cve-2017-2299

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-09-15 18:29

Modified

2025-10-24 04:46

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2299	REPORT
	https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2299	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2299	REPORT

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CVE-2017-2299 (GCVE-0-2017-2299)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-09-15 18:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 18:59

Summary

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Unsafe defaults affecting access controls

Assigner

puppet

References

2 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100859	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2299	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Puppet	puppetlabs-apache	Affected: prior to 1.11.1 and 2.1.0

Date Public

2017-09-14 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2017-2299

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2017-2299 (GCVE-0-2017-2299)

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