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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
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 httpd 2017-09-13 22:50 ALAS-2017-892

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 CVSSv3 9.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P