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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-12171: Security patch for httpd (ALAS-2017-921)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-12171: Security patch for httpd (ALAS-2017-921)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
10/19/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/03/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-httpd

References

  • ALAS-2017-921
  • CVE-2017-12171

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