SB2013042605 - Input validation error in Trustwave ModSecurity
Published: April 26, 2013 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013042605
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1915)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
ModSecurity before 2.7.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, send HTTP requests to intranet servers, or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101898.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101911.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102616.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52847
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52977
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2659
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:156
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58810
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947842
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/blob/master/CHANGES
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/d4d80b38aa85eccb26e3c61b04d16e8ca5de76fe