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CVE-2009-1903

The PDF XSS protection feature in ModSecurity before 2.5.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Apache httpd crash) via a request for a PDF file that does not use the GET method.

Published

2009-06-03T17:00:00.717

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	trustwave	modsecurity	< 2.5.8	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	9	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	10	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/34256 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34311 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/35687 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-02.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=667538 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/52552 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34096 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0703 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49211 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00487.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00529.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34256 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34311 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35687 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-02.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=667538 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/52552 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34096 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0703 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49211 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00487.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00529.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)