CVE-2017-12171

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Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Se ha detectado una regresión en la versión 6.9 de Red Hat Enterprise Linux de httpd 2.2.15-60, provocando que los comentarios en las líneas de configuración "Allow" y "Deny" se analicen incorrectamente. Un administrador web podría permitir de manera involuntaria que cualquier cliente acceda a un recurso HTTP restringido.

A regression was found in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 version of httpd, 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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-08-01 CVE Reserved
2017-10-19 CVE Published
2024-01-26 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CWE-284: Improper Access Control

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101516	Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039633	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2972	2023-02-12
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12171	2023-02-12
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12171	2017-10-19
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1493056	2017-10-19

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				6.9 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "6.9"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Http Server Search vendor "Apache" for product "Http Server"				2.2.15-60 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Http Server" and version "2.2.15-60"		-		Affected