MGASA-2023-0175 - Updated apache-mod_security packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 21 May 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0175.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2022-48279,
     CVE-2023-24021

HTTP multipart requests were incorrectly parsed and could bypass the Web
Application Firewall (CVE-2022-48279)
Incorrect handling of '\0' bytes in file uploads in ModSecurity may allow
for Web Application Firewall bypasses and buffer over-reads on the Web
Application Firewall when executing rules that read the FILES_TMP_CONTENT
collection. (CVE-2023-24021)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31457
- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3283
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/SYRTXTOQQI6SB2TLI5QXU76DURSLS4XI/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-48279
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-24021

SRPMS:
- 8/core/apache-mod_security-2.9.7-1.mga8

Mageia 2023-0175: apache-mod_security security update

HTTP multipart requests were incorrectly parsed and could bypass the Web Application Firewall (CVE-2022-48279) Incorrect handling of '\0' bytes in file uploads in ModSecurity may a...

Summary

HTTP multipart requests were incorrectly parsed and could bypass the Web Application Firewall (CVE-2022-48279) Incorrect handling of '\0' bytes in file uploads in ModSecurity may allow for Web Application Firewall bypasses and buffer over-reads on the Web Application Firewall when executing rules that read the FILES_TMP_CONTENT collection. (CVE-2023-24021)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31457

- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3283

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/SYRTXTOQQI6SB2TLI5QXU76DURSLS4XI/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-48279

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-24021

Resolution

MGASA-2023-0175 - Updated apache-mod_security packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/apache-mod_security-2.9.7-1.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 21 May 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0175.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-48279, CVE-2023-24021

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