CVE-2019-25043: ModSecurity 3.x before 3.0.4 mishandles key-value pair parsing, as demonstrated by a "string index out of range" error and worker-process crash for a "Cookie…

PriorityP423medium5.3CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAL

EPSS

1.22%

64.8th percentile

ModSecurity 3.x before 3.0.4 mishandles key-value pair parsing, as demonstrated by a "string index out of range" error and worker-process crash for a "Cookie: =abc" header.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	modsecurity	< modsecurity 3.0.4-1 (bookworm)	modsecurity 3.0.4-1 (bookworm)
owasp	modsecurity	>= 3.0.0 < 3.0.4	3.0.4
trustwave	modsecurity	>= 0 < 3.0.4-1	3.0.4-1
trustwave	modsecurity	>= 0 < 3.0.4-1	3.0.4-1
trustwave	modsecurity	>= 0 < 3.0.4-1	3.0.4-1
trustwave	modsecurity	>= 0 < 3.0.4-1	3.0.4-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv5.3MEDIUM

vendor_debian5.3MEDIUM

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