Bug 1493056 (CVE-2017-12171) - CVE-2017-12171 httpd: # character matches all IPs
Summary: CVE-2017-12171 httpd: # character matches all IPs
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2017-12171
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1493060 1493061
Blocks: 1490435
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Reported: 2017-09-19 09:24 UTC by Stefan Cornelius
Modified: 2021-02-17 01:29 UTC (History)
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A regression was found in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 version of httpd, 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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Last Closed: 2017-10-24 11:46:51 UTC

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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2017:2972 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: httpd security update 2017-10-19 19:26:43 UTC

Description Stefan Cornelius 2017-09-19 09:24:09 UTC 
httpd in RHEL 6.9 does not properly parse comments, resulting in the '#' character in "Allow" statements to accidentally match all IP addresses. This can lead to a bypass of intended security restrictions.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489849
Comment 1 Stefan Cornelius 2017-09-19 09:24:12 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: KAWAHARA Masashi
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2017-10-19 15:27:55 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2017:2972 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2972
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