SB2023060906 - Amazon Linux AMI update for mod_security

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SB2023060906 - Amazon Linux AMI update for mod_security

Published: June 9, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023060906
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-39956)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass filtration rules.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a payload that uses a character encoding scheme via the Content-Type or the deprecated Content-Transfer-Encoding multipart MIME header fields that will not be decoded and inspected by the web application firewall engine and the rule set.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-48279)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing HTTP multipart requests. A remote attacker can send specially crafted input to the application and bypass the Web Application Firewall.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References