Vulnerability CVE-2017-12171


Published: 2018-07-26

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.

Type:

CWE-20

(Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.4/10
4.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
None
Affected software
Redhat -> Enterprise linux 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux workstation 
Apache -> Http server 

 References:
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

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