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FreeBSD : ModSecurity -- XML External Entity Processing Vulnerability (2070c79a-8e1e-11e2-b34d-000c2957946c)

high Nessus Plugin ID 65989

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Positive Technologies has reported a vulnerability in ModSecurity, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information or cause a DoS (Denial Of Serice).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when parsing external XML entities and can be exploited to e.g. disclose local files or cause excessive memory and CPU consumption.

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Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-1915

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464188

http://www.nessus.org/u?2a32c9e1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 65989

File Name: freebsd_pkg_2070c79a8e1e11e2b34d000c2957946c.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 4/17/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mod_security, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 4/16/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/2/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1915

Secunia: 52847