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Fedora 41 : mod_security (2025-719f4a7313)

high Nessus Plugin ID 237931

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-719f4a7313 advisory.

 This update includes `mod_security` version **2.9.9** which addresses `CVE-2025-47947` and includes various bug fixes. See https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/releases/tag/v2.9.9 for more information on the changes in this release.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected mod_security package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-719f4a7313

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 237931

File Name: fedora_2025-719f4a7313.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/7/2025

Updated: 6/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-47947

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mod_security, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:41

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-47947