CVE-2013-2765

high

Description

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

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https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/0840b13612a0b7ef1ce7441cf811dcfc6b463fba

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967615

http://www.shookalabs.com/

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30900019

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.html

https://raw.github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/master/CHANGES

https://github.com/shookalabs/exploits/blob/master/modsecurity_cve_2013_2765_check.py

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2013-2704

http://www.modsecurity.org/

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0125.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-07-15

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.13719