Incorrect Regular Expression Affecting modsecurity-crs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-MODSECURITYCRS-344355
  • published22 Apr 2019
  • disclosed21 Apr 2019

Introduced: 21 Apr 2019

CVE-2019-11389  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-185  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 modsecurity-crs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream modsecurity-crs package and not the modsecurity-crs package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (CRS) through 3.1.0. /rules/REQUEST-933-APPLICATION-ATTACK-PHP.conf allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ReDOS) by entering a specially crafted string with next# at the beginning and nested repetition operators. NOTE: the software maintainer disputes that this is a vulnerability because the issue cannot be exploited via ModSecurity

CVSS Scores

version 3.1