CVE-2017-3167
It was discovered that the use of httpd's ap_get_basic_auth_pw() API function outside of the authentication phase could lead to authentication bypass. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to bypass required authentication if the API was used incorrectly by one of the modules used by httpd.
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CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 7.4 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | None |
Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 6.7 (httpd) | RHSA-2017:3195 | 2017-11-13 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 7.3 (httpd) | RHSA-2017:3194 | 2017-11-13 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (httpd24-httpd) | RHSA-2017:2483 | 2017-08-16 |
| Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 | RHSA-2017:3475 | 2017-12-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (httpd) | RHSA-2017:2478 | 2017-08-15 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (httpd24-httpd) | RHSA-2017:2483 | 2017-08-16 |
| Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6 Server | RHSA-2017:3477 | 2017-12-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 7.2 (httpd) | RHSA-2017:3193 | 2017-11-13 |
| Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 Server | RHSA-2017:3476 | 2017-12-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (httpd) | RHSA-2017:2479 | 2017-08-15 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 | httpd | Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 | httpd | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 1 | httpd | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jbossas | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 | jbossas | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | httpd | Will not fix |