Name: CVE-2017-2299: Improper Certificate Validation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-2299, CWE-295, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.00125

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache	Jul 30, 2024	Sep 15, 2017
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Sep 15, 2017

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CVSS Details

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