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FreeBSD : www/mod_security -- NULL pointer dereference DoS (9dfb63b8-8f36-11e2-b34d-000c2957946c)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 66770

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

SecurityFocus reports :

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'.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-2765

http://www.nessus.org/u?713b0e5f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 66770

File Name: freebsd_pkg_9dfb63b88f3611e2b34d000c2957946c.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 6/3/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mod_security, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2765