Interpretation Conflict Affecting modsecurity-apache package, versions <2.7.7-2ubuntu0.1~esm1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.19% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-MODSECURITYAPACHE-3250035
  • published27 Jan 2023
  • disclosed20 Jan 2023

Introduced: 20 Jan 2023

CVE-2022-48279  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-436  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 modsecurity-apache to version 2.7.7-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream modsecurity-apache package and not the modsecurity-apache package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In ModSecurity before 2.9.6 and 3.x before 3.0.8, HTTP multipart requests were incorrectly parsed and could bypass the Web Application Firewall. NOTE: this is related to CVE-2022-39956 but can be considered independent changes to the ModSecurity (C language) codebase.

CVSS Scores

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