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CVE-2017-11501 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/20/1 Mailing List  Mitigation  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/20/1 Mailing List  Mitigation  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/27506 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/27506 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/nix-security-announce/qrDU0KH_ZRk
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/nix-security-announce/qrDU0KH_ZRk

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-11501
NVD Published Date:
07/20/2017
NVD Last Modified:
04/19/2025
Source:
MITRE