CVE-2017-12171

Summary

CVECVE-2017-12171
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-26 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:27:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-284

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Http Server 2.2.15-60 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 2.2.15-60 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.9 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.9 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Apache HTTP Server CVE-2017-12171 Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE-2017-12171 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
1493056 – (CVE-2017-12171) CVE-2017-12171 httpd: # character matches all IPs CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Apache HTTPD on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Configuration Parsing Error May Let Remote Users Bypass Security Restrictions - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
1493056 – (CVE-2017-12171) CVE-2017-12171 httpd: # character matches all IPs MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378145 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for mod_ssl (VZLSA-2017:2972)

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