What is the severity of CVE-2017-12161?

CVE-2017-12161 is considered to have a medium severity due to the potential for URL spoofing in password reset requests.

What versions of Keycloak are affected by CVE-2017-12161?

CVE-2017-12161 affects Keycloak versions prior to 3.4.2 final.

How do I fix CVE-2017-12161?

To fix CVE-2017-12161, update Keycloak to version 3.4.2 final or later.

What kind of attack does CVE-2017-12161 enable?

CVE-2017-12161 enables an attacker to spoof URLs in password reset requests using a misconfigured client-side /etc/hosts entry.

Is there any workaround if I can't update Keycloak for CVE-2017-12161?

There are no official workarounds for CVE-2017-12161, so updating Keycloak is the recommended solution.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2017-12161

high

8.8

CWE

640 602

23/8/2017

21/2/2018

21/10/2021

CVE-2017-12161

First published: Wed Aug 23 2017(Updated: )

<a href="https://issues.jboss.org/browse/KEYCLOAK-5299">https://issues.jboss.org/browse/KEYCLOAK-5299</a>

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Red Hat Keycloak	<3.4.2

Remedy

https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak-documentation/pull/268/commits/a2b58aadee42af2c375b72e86dffc2cf23cc3770

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-12161?
CVE-2017-12161 is considered to have a medium severity due to the potential for URL spoofing in password reset requests.
What versions of Keycloak are affected by CVE-2017-12161?
CVE-2017-12161 affects Keycloak versions prior to 3.4.2 final.
How do I fix CVE-2017-12161?
To fix CVE-2017-12161, update Keycloak to version 3.4.2 final or later.
What kind of attack does CVE-2017-12161 enable?
CVE-2017-12161 enables an attacker to spoof URLs in password reset requests using a misconfigured client-side /etc/hosts entry.
Is there any workaround if I can't update Keycloak for CVE-2017-12161?
There are no official workarounds for CVE-2017-12161, so updating Keycloak is the recommended solution.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-12161?
CVE-2017-12161 is considered to have a medium severity due to the potential for URL spoofing in password reset requests.
What versions of Keycloak are affected by CVE-2017-12161?
CVE-2017-12161 affects Keycloak versions prior to 3.4.2 final.
How do I fix CVE-2017-12161?
To fix CVE-2017-12161, update Keycloak to version 3.4.2 final or later.
What kind of attack does CVE-2017-12161 enable?
CVE-2017-12161 enables an attacker to spoof URLs in password reset requests using a misconfigured client-side /etc/hosts entry.
Is there any workaround if I can't update Keycloak for CVE-2017-12161?
There are no official workarounds for CVE-2017-12161, so updating Keycloak is the recommended solution.