Re: CVE Request: PDF XSS in ModSecurity / apache2 mod_security 2.5.8

["Steven M. Christey" <coley () linus mitre org>]

My read is that 2.5.8 fixed this, but the version was quickly changed to
handle the other issue.

- Steve


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Name: CVE-2009-1903
Status: Candidate
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1903
Reference: CONFIRM:http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=667538
Reference: FEDORA:FEDORA-2009-2654
Reference: URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00487.html
Reference: FEDORA:FEDORA-2009-2686
Reference: URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00529.html
Reference: BID:34096
Reference: URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34096
Reference: OSVDB:52552
Reference: URL:http://www.osvdb.org/52552
Reference: SECUNIA:34256
Reference: URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/34256
Reference: SECUNIA:34311
Reference: URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/34311
Reference: VUPEN:ADV-2009-0703
Reference: URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0703
Reference: XF:modsecurity-pdfxss-dos(49211)
Reference: URL:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/49211

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.