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[SA38460] ModSecurity Detection Bypass and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Thu Feb 11 2010 - 23:57:10 CST

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TITLE:
ModSecurity Detection Bypass and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38460

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38460/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in ModSecurity, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions
and cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerabilities are caused due to unspecified errors, which can
be exploited to bypass certain detection mechanisms and cause a DoS.

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 2.5.12.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.5.12.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits the Sogeti/ESEC R&D team.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/modsecurity/releases/312017
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mod-security/files/modsecurity-apache/2.5.12/CHANGES_2.5.12.txt/download

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