5.9

CVE-2017-17718: net-ldap_project net-ldap Improper Certificate Validation

CVSS: 5.9v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-17718DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17718GHSA-m7p8-9w66-9frm
Published 17-12-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-17718 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in net-ldap_project net-ldap. EPSS estimates a 1.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.35%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2020:1454

Timeline

  1. 17-12-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.35%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

71%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.35% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.35%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • ruby-net-ldap< 0.16.1-1
Net-ldap_project1 product
  • net-ldap0.0.5 | 0.1.0 | 0.1.1 | 0.2 | 0.2.1 | 0.2.2 | 0.3.0 | 0.3.1 | 0.5.1 | 0.6.0 | 0.6.1 | 0.7.0 | 0.8.0 | 0.9.0 | 0.10.0 | 0.10.1 | 0.12.0 | 0.12.1 | 0.13.0 | 0.14.0 | 0.15.0
RubyGems1 product
  • net-ldap< 0.16.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • ruby-net-ldap< 0.16.1-1

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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