Medium severity · published Jul 26, 2018
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
6.5
CVSS
8.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.1% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HS
HTTP Server · Apache
2.2.15-60 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
6.9 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12171
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12171
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101516
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039633
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2972
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12171
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