CVE-2017-17718

Summary

CVECVE-2017-17718
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-12-17 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionThe Net::LDAP (aka net-ldap) gem before 0.16.0 for Ruby has Missing SSL Certificate Validation.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 5.9 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-295 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary5.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Net-ldap Project Net-ldap 0.0.5 All All All
Application Net-ldap Project Net-ldap 0.1.0 All All All
Application Net-ldap Project Net-ldap 0.1.1 All All All
Application Net-ldap Project Net-ldap 0.10.0 All All All
Application Net-ldap Project Net-ldap 0.10.1 All All All
Application Net-ldap Project Net-ldap 0.11 All All All
Application Net-ldap Project Net-ldap 0.12.0 All All All
Application Net-ldap Project Net-ldap 0.12.1 All All All
Application Net-ldap Project Net-ldap 0.13.0 All All All
Application Net-ldap Project Net-ldap 0.14.0 All All All
Application Net-ldap Project Net-ldap 0.15.0 All All All
Application Net-ldap Project Net-ldap 0.2 All All All
Application Net-ldap Project Net-ldap 0.2.1 All All All
Application Net-ldap Project Net-ldap 0.2.2 All All All
Application Net-ldap Project Net-ldap 0.3.0 All All All
Application Net-ldap Project Net-ldap 0.3.1 All All All
Application Net-ldap Project Net-ldap 0.5.1 All All All
Application Net-ldap Project Net-ldap 0.6.0 All All All
Application Net-ldap Project Net-ldap 0.6.1 All All All
Application Net-ldap Project Net-ldap 0.7.0 All All All
Application Net-ldap Project Net-ldap 0.8.0 All All All
Application Net-ldap Project Net-ldap 0.9.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
enable TLS hostname validation by tmaher · Pull Request #279 · ruby-ldap/ruby-net-ldap · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
LDAPS vulnerable to MITM - failure to validate hostname against CN or SAN in X509 Cert · Issue #258 · ruby-ldap/ruby-net-ldap · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Net::LDAP ruby gem, missing certificate validation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 238192 Red Hat Update for Satellite 6.7 release.(RHSA-2020:1454)
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