| Summary: | <www-apache/mod_security-2.7.4 : "forceRequestBodyVariable" NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability (CVE-2013-2765) | ||
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| Product: | Gentoo Security | Reporter: | Agostino Sarubbo <ago> |
| Component: | Vulnerabilities | Assignee: | Gentoo Security <security> |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | minor | CC: | flameeyes |
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| URL: | https://secunia.com/advisories/53535/ | ||
| Whiteboard: | B3 [noglsa] | ||
| Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
Okay this is ready in tree for stabilization IMHO. Arches, please test and mark stable: =www-apache/mod_security-2.7.4 Target keywords : "amd64 ppc sparc x86" x86 stable amd64 stable sparc stable ppc stable CVE-2013-2765 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2765): The ModSecurity module before 2.7.4 for the Apache HTTP Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, process crash, and disk consumption) via a POST request with a large body and a crafted Content-Type header. Thanks for your work GLSA vote: no GLSA vote: no. Closing as [noglsa] |
From ${URL} : Description A vulnerability has been reported in ModSecurity, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing the "forceRequestBodyVariable" action and can be exploited to cause a NULL pointer dereference via specially crafted HTTP requests. The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2.7.4. Solution Update to version 2.7.4. Provided and/or discovered by The vendor credits Younes Jaaidi. Original Advisory https://raw.github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/master/CHANGES @maintainer(s): after the bump, in case we need to stabilize the package, please say explicitly if it is ready for the stabilization or not.