VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-2299

CVSS score7.5 HIGH

EPSS probability0.85%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2017-09-15

Last modified2026-06-17

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

Description

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.

Weakness classification

CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation

Primary references

security@puppet.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@puppet.com — Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory