Vulnerability in Nixos Project
CVE-2017-11501
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.
Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation
EPSS: 0.009 (55.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
- Nixos_project Nixos
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-11501?
- CVE-2017-11501 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nixos Project, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-07-20.
- How severe is CVE-2017-11501?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.