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ModSecurity < 2.7.0 Multipart Request Parsing Filter Bypass

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 6990

Synopsis

The remote web application firewall may be affected by a denial of service vulnerability

Description

According to its banner, the version of ModSecurity installed on the remote host is earlier than 2.7.0. It is, therefore, potentially affected by a security bypass vulnerability. An error exists related to HTTP POST requests and 'Content-Disposition' headers containing extra lines that could allow a remote attacker to bypass certain filters and carry out attacks.

Solution

Upgrade to ModSecurity version 2.7.0 or later.

See Also

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-10/0114.html

https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/blob/master/CHANGES

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 6990

Family: Web Servers

Published: 8/16/2013

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 67126

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:modsecurity:modsecurity

Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4528

BID: 56096