CVE-2019-19886
Trustwave ModSecurity 3.0.0 through 3.0.3 allows an attacker to send crafted requests that may, when sent quickly in large volumes, lead to the server becoming slow or unresponsive (Denial of Service) because of a flaw in Transaction::addRequestHeader…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Trustwave ModSecurity 3.0.0 through 3.0.3 allows an attacker to send crafted requests that may, when sent quickly in large volumes, lead to the server becoming slow or unresponsive (Denial of Service) because of a flaw in Transaction::addRequestHeader in transaction.cc.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.50% probability · 84th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-404
- Affected
- owasp/modsecurity · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GWVUC54OPU7ICFYIXXVGQ5DOTMR4Z6ZY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JI3MNFRNUZD6RAJ5CPQZSUXQXDZ2K7IL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M7IIUNYIEZOWHRWWRVT3FR45MLE6HGDY/
- https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/modsecurity-denial-of-service-details-cve-2019-19886/Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GWVUC54OPU7ICFYIXXVGQ5DOTMR4Z6ZY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JI3MNFRNUZD6RAJ5CPQZSUXQXDZ2K7IL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M7IIUNYIEZOWHRWWRVT3FR45MLE6HGDY/
- https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/modsecurity-denial-of-service-details-cve-2019-19886/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.