Improper Parsing of Configuration Comments in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 httpd 2.2.15-60

CVE-2017-12171 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

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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