ModSecurity Transformation Caching Security Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	31672
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2008-5676
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 01 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 31 2009 08:14PM
Credit:	This issue was disclosed by the vendor.
Vulnerable:	MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64 MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 Breach Security ModSecurity 2.5.5
Not Vulnerable:	Breach Security ModSecurity 2.5.6

ModSecurity Transformation Caching Security Bypass Vulnerability

ModSecurity is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability related to Transformation Caching.

No further technical details are available at this time. We will update this BID as more information emerges.

This issue occurs in ModSecurity 2.5.0 through 2.5.5.

ModSecurity Transformation Caching Security Bypass Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

ModSecurity Transformation Caching Security Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0

• Mandriva apache-mod_security-2.5.9-0.1.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm
  http://www.mandriva.com/en/download/


• Mandriva mlogc-2.5.9-0.1.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm
  http://www.mandriva.com/en/download/

Breach Security ModSecurity 2.5.5

• Breach Security modsecurity-apache_2.5.6.tar.gz
  http://www.modsecurity.org/download/modsecurity-apache_2.5.6.tar.gz

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64

• Mandriva apache-mod_security-2.5.9-0.1.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm
  http://www.mandriva.com/en/download/


• Mandriva mlogc-2.5.9-0.1.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm
  http://www.mandriva.com/en/download/

ModSecurity Transformation Caching Security Bypass Vulnerability

References:

• ModSecurity Homepage (Breach Security)
  
• Transformation Caching Unstable, Fixed, But Deprecated (Breach Security)