MGASA-2013-0179

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    MGASA-2013-0179

    Published: 26 Jun 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-2765

    Summary: apache-mod_security new security issue CVE-2013-2765

    Details: Updated apache-mod_security packages fix security vulnerability: When ModSecurity receives a request body with a size bigger than the value set by the "SecRequestBodyInMemoryLimit" and with a "Content-Type" that has no request body processor mapped to it, ModSecurity will systematically crash on every call to "forceRequestBodyVariable" (in phase 1) (CVE-2013-2765).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0179.html, http://www.shookalabs.com/#advisory-cve-2013-2765, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-June/107848.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apache-mod_security

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/apache-mod_security?arch=source&distro=mageia-2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.6.3-3.5.mga2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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