SB2012122801 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Trustwave ModSecurity
Published: December 28, 2012 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012122801
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4528)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
The mod_security2 module before 2.7.0 for the Apache HTTP Server allows remote attackers to bypass rules, and deliver arbitrary POST data to a PHP application, via a multipart request in which an invalid part precedes the crafted data.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.html
- http://mod-security.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mod-security/m2/branches/2.7.x/CHANGES
- http://mod-security.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mod-security/m2/trunk/apache2/msc_multipart.c?sortby=date&r1=2081&r2=2080&pathrev=2081
- http://mod-security.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mod-security?view=revision&sortby=date&revision=2081
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Oct/113
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/14
- https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20121017-0_mod_security_ruleset_bypass.txt