CVE-2013-1915

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-1915
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-04-25 23:55:00 UTC
Updated2021-02-12 17:27:00 UTC
DescriptionModSecurity before 2.7.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, send HTTP requests to intranet servers, or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-611

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 17 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 18 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 19 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 17 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 18 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 19 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.3 All All All
Application Trustwave Modsecurity All All All All
Application Trustwave Modsecurity All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:156 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- ModSecurity (X < 2.7.3): Vulnerable to XXE attacks MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: mod_security-2.7.3-1.fc17 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2013:1331-1: moderate: update for apache2-mod_security2 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2013:1336-1: moderate: update for apache2-mod_security2 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2659-1 libapache-mod-security DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
947842 – (CVE-2013-1915) CVE-2013-1915 mod_security: Vulnerable to XXE attacks MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA52977 - Debian update for libapache-mod-security - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
ModSecurity XML External Entity Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
ModSecurity/CHANGES at master · SpiderLabs/ModSecurity · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA52847 - ModSecurity XML External Entity Processing Vulnerability - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2013:1342-1: moderate: update for apache2-mod_security2 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: mod_security-2.7.3-1.fc19 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: mod_security-2.7.3-1.fc18 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Added SecXmlExternalEntity · SpiderLabs/ModSecurity@d4d80b3 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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