CVE-2013-2765 (GCVE-0-2013-2765)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-07-15 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:44
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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 with a large body and a crafted Content-Type header.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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Date Public
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