BIT-modsecurity2-2021-42717

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Import Source
https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/modsecurity2/BIT-modsecurity2-2021-42717.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/BIT-modsecurity2-2021-42717
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Published
2024-03-06T10:57:12.109Z
Modified
2024-03-06T11:25:28.861Z
Summary
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Details

ModSecurity 3.x through 3.0.5 mishandles excessively nested JSON objects. Crafted JSON objects with nesting tens-of-thousands deep could result in the web server being unable to service legitimate requests. Even a moderately large (e.g., 300KB) HTTP request can occupy one of the limited NGINX worker processes for minutes and consume almost all of the available CPU on the machine. Modsecurity 2 is similarly vulnerable: the affected versions include 2.8.0 through 2.9.4.

References

Affected packages

Bitnami / modsecurity2

Package

Name
modsecurity2
Purl
pkg:bitnami/modsecurity2

Severity

  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
2.0.0
Fixed
2.9.5
Introduced
3.0.0
Fixed
3.0.6