Apache httpd vulnerability (CVE-2017-3167) in RSA Access Manager Apache 5.0.x Agent - False Positive

3 years ago

Originally Published: 2018-01-29

Article Number

000067159

Applies To

RSA Access Manager Webserver Agents for Apache Webservers, version 5.0.x

CVE Identifier(s)

CVE-2017-3167

Article Summary

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.

Link to Advisories

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-3167
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3167
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-3167

Alert Impact

Not Applicable

Alert Impact Explanation

RSA Access Manager Apache 5.0.x Agent is not affected by the reported vulnerability.
The function ap_get_basic_auth_pw() is used by the agent during the authentication phase only.
The password is retrieved from the HTTP Authorization header using this function to authenticate the user.

Disclaimer

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