Bug 2163622 (CVE-2022-48279)

Summary:	CVE-2022-48279 mod_security: incorrect parsing of HTTP multipart requests leads to web application firewall bypass
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	TEJ RATHI <trathi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Nobody <nobody>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	brandonk98, csutherl, hhorak, jclere, jorton, jwon, luhliari, mturk, peholase, pjindal, plodge, szappis, vchlup
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	ModSecurity 2.9.6, ModSecurity 3.0.8	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A vulnerability was found in ModSecurity. This issue occurs when HTTP multipart requests are incorrectly parsed and could bypass the Web Application Firewall. NOTE: This is related to CVE-2022-39956, but can be considered independent changes to the ModSecurity (C language) codebase.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2023-08-15 21:52:11 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	2163645, 2163646, 2163647, 2163648, 2166937
Bug Blocks:	2163505

Description TEJ RATHI 2023-01-24 05:29:02 UTC

In ModSecurity before 2.9.6 and 3.x before 3.0.8, HTTP multipart requests were incorrectly parsed and could bypass the Web Application Firewall. NOTE: this is related to CVE-2022-39956 but can be considered independent changes to the ModSecurity (C language) codebase.

https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/pull/2797
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/pull/2795
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/releases/tag/v3.0.8
https://coreruleset.org/20220919/crs-version-3-3-3-and-3-2-2-covering-several-cves/
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/releases/tag/v2.9.6

Comment 1 Sandipan Roy 2023-01-24 05:47:00 UTC

Created mod_security tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2163645]


Created mod_security3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2163646]

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2023-08-15 17:37:11 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Core Services

Via RHSA-2023:4628 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4628

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2023-08-15 17:40:45 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7
  JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8

Via RHSA-2023:4629 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4629

Comment 9 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-08-15 21:52:09 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-48279