CVE-2017-2299 describes a misconfiguration vulnerability in the puppetlabs-apache module (versions prior to 1.11.1 and 2.1.0) that can lead to unintended trust of system-wide certificate authorities if the ssl_ca parameter is used without specifying ssl_certs_dir. This affects Puppet deployments utilizing the vulnerable apache module. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-exploitable issue with low attack complexity that could result in high confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:0.0.4:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:* | ||
0.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:* | ||
0.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:* | ||
0.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:* | ||
0.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppetlabs-apache:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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