CVE-2013-2765

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    CVE-2013-2765

    Published: 15 Jul 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The ModSecurity module before 2.7.4 for the Apache HTTP Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, process crash, and disk consumption) via a POST request with a large body and a crafted Content-Type header.

    References: 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://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30900019, http://www.modsecurity.org/, http://www.shookalabs.com/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967615, https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/0840b13612a0b7ef1ce7441cf811dcfc6b463fba, https://github.com/shookalabs/exploits/blob/master/modsecurity_cve_2013_2765_check.py, 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, https://github.com/shookalabs/exploits/blob/master/modsecurity_cve_2013_2765_check.py, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967615, https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/0840b13612a0b7ef1ce7441cf811dcfc6b463fba, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967615, http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0125.html, https://raw.github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/master/CHANGES

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High