FKIE_CVE-2023-24021

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-01-20 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:38
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
Incorrect handling of '\0' bytes in file uploads in ModSecurity before 2.9.7 may allow for Web Application Firewall bypasses and buffer over-reads on the Web Application Firewall when executing rules that read the FILES_TMP_CONTENT collection.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/pull/2857Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/pull/2857/commits/4324f0ac59f8225aa44bc5034df60dbeccd1d334Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/releases/tag/v2.9.7Release Notes
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/52TGCZCOHYBDCVWJYNN2PS4QLOHCXWTQ/
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SYRTXTOQQI6SB2TLI5QXU76DURSLS4XI/
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WCH6JM4I4MD4YABYFHSBDDOUFDGIFJKL/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/pull/2857Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/pull/2857/commits/4324f0ac59f8225aa44bc5034df60dbeccd1d334Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/releases/tag/v2.9.7Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/52TGCZCOHYBDCVWJYNN2PS4QLOHCXWTQ/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SYRTXTOQQI6SB2TLI5QXU76DURSLS4XI/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WCH6JM4I4MD4YABYFHSBDDOUFDGIFJKL/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
trustwave modsecurity *
debian debian_linux 10.0
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