CVE-2017-9788
Public on 2017-07-13
Modified on 2017-09-14
Description
It was discovered that the httpd's mod_auth_digest module did not properly initialize memory before using it when processing certain headers related to digest authentication. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to disclose potentially sensitive information or cause httpd child process to crash by sending specially crafted requests to a server.
Severity
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux 1 | httpd | 2017-09-13 | ALAS-2017-892 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 4.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 9.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |