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.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 6.4 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

6.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101516	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039633	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2972	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12171	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.2.15-60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-07-26 17:29

Updated : 2024-02-28 16:48

NVD link : CVE-2017-12171

Mitre link : CVE-2017-12171

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-12171

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Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux_server
enterprise_linux
enterprise_linux_desktop
enterprise_linux_workstation

apache

http_server

CWE

CWE-284

Improper Access Control

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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