Improper Certificate Validation Affecting katello-client-bootstrap package, versions <0:1.7.4-1.el7sat


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KATELLOCLIENTBOOTSTRAP-4412360
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed14 Jan 2016

Introduced: 14 Jan 2016

CVE-2017-17718  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 katello-client-bootstrap to version 0:1.7.4-1.el7sat or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1454.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream katello-client-bootstrap package and not the katello-client-bootstrap package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Net::LDAP (aka net-ldap) gem before 0.16.0 for Ruby has Missing SSL Certificate Validation.