CVE-2013-2765

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-2765
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-07-15 15:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe ModSecurity module before 2.7.4 for the Apache HTTP Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, process crash, and disk consumption) via a POST request with a large body and a crafted Content-Type header.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-476 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Http Server All 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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
raw.github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/master/CHANGES af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 raw.github.com Broken Link
Fixed: chuck null pointer when unknown CT is sent and over in-memory … · SpiderLabs/ModSecurity@0840b13 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
ModSecurity / [mod-security-users] Availability of ModSecurity 2.7.4 Stable Release af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2013:1342-1: moderate: update for apache2-mod_security2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2013:1331-1: moderate: update for apache2-mod_security2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2013:1336-1: moderate: update for apache2-mod_security2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
967615 – (CVE-2013-2765) mod_security: NULL pointer dereference (DoS, crash) when forceRequestBodyVariable action triggered and unknown Content-Type was used af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
www.modsecurity.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.modsecurity.org Vendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0125.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Broken Link
exploits/modsecurity_cve_2013_2765_check.py at master · yjaaidi/exploits · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
ShookaLabs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.shookalabs.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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