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CVE-2013-1915

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.

Published

2013-04-25T23:55:01.530

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-611

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	trustwave	modsecurity	< 2.7.3	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	11.4	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	12.2	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	12.3	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	17	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	18	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	19	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	6.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	7.0	Yes

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101898.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101911.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102616.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/52847 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/52977 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2659 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:156 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58810 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947842 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/blob/master/CHANGES Release Notes, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/d4d80b38aa85eccb26e3c61b04d16e8ca5de76fe Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101898.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101911.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102616.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/52847 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/52977 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2659 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:156 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58810 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947842 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/blob/master/CHANGES Release Notes, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/d4d80b38aa85eccb26e3c61b04d16e8ca5de76fe Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)