SB2014040118 - Fedora EPEL 5 update for mod_security
Published: April 1, 2014 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014040118
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5705)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
apache2/modsecurity.c in ModSecurity before 2.7.6 allows remote attackers to bypass rules by using chunked transfer coding with a capitalized Chunked value in the Transfer-Encoding HTTP header.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.