CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-5676

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2008-12-19 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2008-12-19
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the ModSecurity (aka mod_security) module 2.5.0 through 2.5.5 for the Apache HTTP Server, when SecCacheTransformations is enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or bypass the product's functionality via unknown vectors related to "transformation caching."

Affected configurations

• breach modsecurity (<= 2.5.0) • breach modsecurity (<= 2.5.5) • breach modsecurity 2.5.1 • breach modsecurity 2.5.2 • breach modsecurity 2.5.3 • breach modsecurity 2.5.4

References

http://blog.modsecurity.org/2008/08/transformation.html Vendor Advisory
http://freshmeat.net/projects/modsecurity/?branch_id=34901&release_id=282329 freshmeat.net
http://secunia.com/advisories/32146 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2795 www.vupen.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45770 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://blog.modsecurity.org/2008/08/transformation.html Vendor Advisory
http://freshmeat.net/projects/modsecurity/?branch_id=34901&release_id=282329 freshmeat.net
http://secunia.com/advisories/32146 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2795 www.vupen.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45770 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com