medium5.9
CVE-2017-11501
NixOS 17.03 and earlier has an unintended default absence of SSL Certificate Validation for LDAP.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Nixos Project | Nixos | through 17.03 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/20/1
- https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/27506
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/nix-security-announce/qrDU0KH_ZRk
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/20/1
- https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/27506
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/nix-security-announce/qrDU0KH_ZRk