CVE-2017-12171

A regression was found in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 version of httpd 2.2.15-60, causing comments in the "Allow" and "Deny" configuration lines to be parsed incorrectly. A web administrator could unintentionally allow any client to access a restricted HTTP resource.

Published: Jul 26, 2018
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2017-12171
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Medium
Score: 6.5
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2:

Severity: Medium
Score: 6.4
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CWEs:

CWE-284
CWE-20

OWASP TOP 10:

A5 - Broken Access Control

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
redhat / enterprise_linux_desktop	6.0	6.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux_server	6.0	6.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux_workstation	6.0	6.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux	6.9	6.9.x
apache / http_server	2.2.15-60	2.2.15-60.x

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101516
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039633
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2972
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12171

Vulnerability Database

CVE-2017-12171