#VU46766 Resource exhaustion in ModSecurity - CVE-2020-15598

Vulnerability identifier: #VU46766

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15598

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
ModSecurity
Server applications / IDS/IPS systems, Firewalls and proxy servers

Vendor: Trustwave

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources while performing global matching of regular expressions in a combination of the ModSecurity “capture” action. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

ModSecurity: 3.0.0 - 3.0.4

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External links
https://coreruleset.org/20200914/cve-2020-15598/

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.