fkie_cve-2009-1903
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2009-06-03 17:00
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
The PDF XSS protection feature in ModSecurity before 2.5.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Apache httpd crash) via a request for a PDF file that does not use the GET method.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/34256Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/34311Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/35687Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-02.xmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=667538Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/52552Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34096Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0703Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49211Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00487.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00529.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/34256Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/34311Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/35687Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-02.xmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=667538Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/52552Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34096Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0703Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49211Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00487.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00529.htmlThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
trustwave modsecurity *
fedoraproject fedora 9
fedoraproject fedora 10


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{
  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:trustwave:modsecurity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "69C158C1-C19E-4913-9ED1-3E54E83285A2",
              "versionEndExcluding": "2.5.8",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "743CBBB1-C140-4FEF-B40E-FAE4511B1140",
              "vulnerable": true
            },
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "7000D33B-F3C7-43E8-8FC7-9B97AADC3E12",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "The PDF XSS protection feature in ModSecurity before 2.5.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Apache httpd crash) via a request for a PDF file that does not use the GET method."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "La funcionalidad de protecci\u00f3n de PDF XSS en ModSecurity anterior a v2.5.8, permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (ca\u00edda del httpd Apacche) a trav\u00e9s de una petici\u00f3n a un archivo PDF que no emplea el m\u00e9todo GET."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2009-1903",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV2": [
      {
        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "MEDIUM",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "baseScore": 4.3,
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
          "version": "2.0"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 8.6,
        "impactScore": 2.9,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary",
        "userInteractionRequired": false
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2009-06-03T17:00:00.717",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/34256"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/34311"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/35687"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
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    },
    {
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      ],
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    },
    {
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      ],
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
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      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49211"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
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    },
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      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
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  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "weaknesses": [
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      ],
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    }
  ]
}


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