CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-12171

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2018-07-26 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-07-26
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-20, CWE-284

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.

Affected configurations

• redhat enterprise linux 6.9 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0 • apache http server 2.2.15-60

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness

References