CVE-2009-1902

Publication date 3 June 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

The multipart processor in ModSecurity before 2.5.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a multipart form datapost request with a missing part header name, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libapache-mod-security 10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty Ignored end of life
8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

PoC: http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/8241

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libapache-mod-security