Bug 967615 (CVE-2013-2765) - mod_security: NULL pointer dereference (DoS, crash) when forceRequestBodyVariable action triggered and unknown Content-Type was used
Summary: mod_security: NULL pointer dereference (DoS, crash) when forceRequestBodyVari...
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2013-2765
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 967775 967776
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-05-27 15:26 UTC by Othman Madjoudj
Modified: 2019-09-29 13:05 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: ModSecurity-2.7.4
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2019-06-10 11:00:41 UTC
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Description Othman Madjoudj 2013-05-27 15:26:04 UTC
Description of problem:


Modsecurity 2.7.4 was released today, according to the changelog there a null pointer dereference flaw


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Security Issues:

    * Fixed Remote Null Pointer DeReference (CVE-2013-2765). When forceRequestBodyVariable action is triggered and a unknown Content-Type is used,
      mod_security will crash trying to manipulate msr->msc_reqbody_chunks->elts however msr->msc_reqbody_chunks is NULL. (Thanks Younes JAAIDI).

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URL: https://raw.github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/master/CHANGES

Comment 1 Othman Madjoudj 2013-05-27 15:35:12 UTC
PS.
I'm mod_security maintainer, I'll prepare an update once the child bugreports for fedora and epel are created.

Thanks.

Comment 3 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-05-28 10:07:46 UTC
This issue affects the versions of the mod_security package, as shipped with Fedora release of 17 and 18. Please schedule an update.

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This issue affects the versions of the mod_security package, as shipped with Fedora EPEL-5 and Fedora EPEL-6. Please schedule an update.

Comment 4 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-05-28 10:08:33 UTC
Created mod_security tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 967775]
Affects: epel-all [bug 967776]

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2013-06-06 01:34:10 UTC
mod_security-2.7.3-2.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2013-06-06 01:39:07 UTC
mod_security-2.7.3-2.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2013-06-06 02:23:55 UTC
mod_security-2.7.3-2.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2013-06-12 20:08:12 UTC
mod_security-2.7.3-2.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2013-06-12 20:09:25 UTC
mod_security-2.6.8-4.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 10 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-10 11:00:41 UTC
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.


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