Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 26, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-12171

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.

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Affected products

Red Hat/httpdllm-create
Range: = 2.2.15-60
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7llm-fuzzy
Range: 6.9
Red Hat/httpdv5
Range: 2.2.15-60

Patches

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/101516nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1039633nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2972nvdVendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

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