FKIE_CVE-2013-2765

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-07-15 15:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:53
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0125.htmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30900019Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.modsecurity.org/Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.shookalabs.com/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967615Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/0840b13612a0b7ef1ce7441cf811dcfc6b463fbaPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/shookalabs/exploits/blob/master/modsecurity_cve_2013_2765_check.pyExploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://raw.github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/master/CHANGESBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0125.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30900019Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.modsecurity.org/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.shookalabs.com/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967615Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/0840b13612a0b7ef1ce7441cf811dcfc6b463fbaPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/shookalabs/exploits/blob/master/modsecurity_cve_2013_2765_check.pyExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://raw.github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/master/CHANGESBroken Link
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
trustwave modsecurity *
apache http_server *
opensuse opensuse 11.4
opensuse opensuse 12.2
opensuse opensuse 12.3
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