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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:Apr 25, 2013
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Apr 25, 2013
    EPSS Score:0.04848
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Opensuse
    Vendor
    Trustwave
    Product
    Modsecurity

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-221 Data Serialization External Entities Blowup

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    References

    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101898.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101911.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102616.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/52847
    http://secunia.com/advisories/52977
    http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2659
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:156
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/7
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58810
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947842
    https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/blob/master/CHANGES
    https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/d4d80b38aa85eccb26e3c61b04d16e8ca5de76fe
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101898.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101911.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102616.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/52847
    http://secunia.com/advisories/52977
    http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2659
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:156
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/7
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58810
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947842
    https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/blob/master/CHANGES
    https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/d4d80b38aa85eccb26e3c61b04d16e8ca5de76fe

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    High
    Availability
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