CVE-2017-12171 Information

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

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.5