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CVE-2017-12171 Detail

Current 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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  07/26/2018
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.5 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 2.5
Exploitability Score: 3.9

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): None

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.4 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 4.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101516 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039633 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2972 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12171 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

Technical Details

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-12171
NVD Published Date:
07/26/2018
NVD Last Modified:
09/21/2018