CVE-2013-2765
The 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
02 Description
The 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 13.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-07-15 15:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 15:44Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-04-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d61c3bcbc3c80468ce18547438d8e1fe8990fece3250be8017cb399929d83cdb
05 Affected products
06 References
- sourceforge.net[mod-security-users] 20130527 Availability of ModSecurity 2.7.4 Stable Releasehttp://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30900019
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:1342http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967615
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:1331http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.html
- archives.neohapsis.com20130528 [SECURITY][CVE-2013-2765][ModSecurity] Remote Null Pointer Dereferencehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0125.html
- raw.github.comhttps://raw.github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/master/CHANGES
- www.shookalabs.comhttp://www.shookalabs.com/
- www.modsecurity.orghttp://www.modsecurity.org/
- github.comhttps://github.com/shookalabs/exploits/blob/master/modsecurity_cve_2013_2765_check.py
- github.comhttps://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/0840b13612a0b7ef1ce7441cf811dcfc6b463fba
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:1336http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- modsecurity-apache Fixed in 2.6.6-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- modsecurity-apache Fixed in 2.6.6-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- modsecurity-apache Fixed in 2.6.6-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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