CVE-2013-2765

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.

• CWE-476

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0125.htmlBroken Link
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30900019Third Party Advisory
• http://www.modsecurity.org/Vendor Advisory
• http://www.shookalabs.com/Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967615Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/0840b13612a0b7ef1ce7441cf811dcfc6b463fbaPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/shookalabs/exploits/blob/master/modsecurity_cve_2013_2765_check.pyExploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://raw.github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/master/CHANGESBroken Link
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0125.htmlBroken Link
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30900019Third Party Advisory
• http://www.modsecurity.org/Vendor Advisory
• http://www.shookalabs.com/Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967615Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/0840b13612a0b7ef1ce7441cf811dcfc6b463fbaPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/shookalabs/exploits/blob/master/modsecurity_cve_2013_2765_check.pyExploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://raw.github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/master/CHANGESBroken Link

Published

Jul 15, 2013

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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