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ModSecurity "SecCacheTransformations" Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA32146
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Release Date:
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2008-10-09
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Last Update:
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2008-12-23
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Popularity:
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1,015 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | ModSecurity 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-5676
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in ModSecurity, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the transformation caching, which may be exploited to evade ModSecurity under certain unspecified circumstances.
Successful exploitation requires that "SecCacheTransformations" is enabled.
Note: It was also reported that this option is unstable and may crash the web server.
The vulnerability is reported in version 2.5.0 through 2.5.5.
Solution:
Update to version 2.5.6.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2008-12-23: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://blog.modsecurity.org/2008/08/transformation.html
http://freshmeat.net/projects/modsecurity/?branch_id=34901&release_id=282329
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