High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 15, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-2299
CVE-2017-2299
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.
Affected products
27cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:0.0.4:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*+ 25 more
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:0.0.4:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:1.11.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*
- Puppet/puppetlabs-apachev5Range: prior to 1.11.1 and 2.1.0
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
2- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100859nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2299nvdVendor Advisory
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