Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:12687Authorization Bypass
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
6.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
httpd is vulnerable to authorization bypass attacks. The vulnerability exists as 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.
References
www.securityfocus.com/bid/101516
www.securitytracker.com/id/1039633
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2972
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12171
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1493056
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12171
Related
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
6.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N