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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-3283-1 modsecurity-apache -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

26 Jan 2023

Affected Packages:

modsecurity-apache

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 1029329.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-48279, CVE-2023-24021.

More information:

Multiple issues were found in modsecurity-apache, open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache which allows remote attackers to bypass the applications firewall and other unspecified impact.

• CVE-2022-48279

  In ModSecurity before 2.9.6 and 3.x before 3.0.8, HTTP multipart requests were incorrectly parsed and could bypass the Web Application Firewall. NOTE: this is related to CVE-2022-39956 but can be considered independent changes to the ModSecurity (C language) codebase.

• CVE-2023-24021

  Incorrect handling of null-bytes in file uploads in ModSecurity before 2.9.7 may allow for Web Application Firewall bypasses and buffer overflows on the Web Application Firewall when executing rules reading the FILES_TMP_CONTENT collection.

For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 2.9.3-1+deb10u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your modsecurity-apache packages.

For the detailed security status of modsecurity-apache please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/modsecurity-apache

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS