suse-su-2025:03423-1
Vulnerability from csaf_suse
Published
2025-09-29 08:50
Modified
2025-09-29 08:50
Summary
Security update for apache2-mod_security2

Notes

Title of the patch
Security update for apache2-mod_security2
Description of the patch
This update for apache2-mod_security2 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2025-54571: Fixed insufficient return value handling on modsecurity leads to xss and source code disclosure (bsc#1247674)
Patchnames
SUSE-2025-3423,SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-3423
Terms of use
CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).


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