CVE-2017-11501

Published Jul 20, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 5.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-3119 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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 6:12 PM
Reserved
Jul 20, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 20, 2017, 11:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:01 AM