Input validation error in ModSecurity - CVE-2013-1915
Published: April 26, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42869
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1915
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Trustwave
Affected software:
ModSecurity
ModSecurity
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
ModSecurity before 2.7.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, send HTTP requests to intranet servers, or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1915
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101898.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101911.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102616.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://secunia.com/advisories/52847
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52977
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2659
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:156
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58810
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947842
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/blob/master/CHANGES
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/d4d80b38aa85eccb26e3c61b04d16e8ca5de76fe