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title: "CVE-2013-2249\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-2249

Publication date 23 July 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

mod\_session\_dbd.c in the mod\_session\_dbd module in the Apache HTTP Server
before 2.4.5 proceeds with save operations for a session without
considering the dirty flag and the requirement for a new session ID, which
has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2249?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| apache2 | 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2249?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

only affects 2.4.x

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| apache2 | * Upstream:   <http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/session/mod_session_dbd.c?r1=1409170&r2=1488158&diff_format=h> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2249)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2249)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-2249)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2249)

### Other references

* <http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4.6>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2249>