CVE-2017-12171

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.

• CWE-284
• CWE-20

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

Published

Jul 26, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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