| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| apache2 (PTS) | bullseye | 2.4.62-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.4.62-1~deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 2.4.62-1~deb12u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.4.63-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| apache2 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- apache2 <not-affected> (Introduced by Red Hat RHEL 6.9 specific non-security patch)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1493056