Rapid7 Vulnerability & Exploit Database

Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-48279: Security patch for mod_security (ALAS-2023-2098)

Free InsightVM Trial No credit card necessary
Watch Demo See how it all works
Back to Search

Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-48279: Security patch for mod_security (ALAS-2023-2098)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/20/2023
Created
07/04/2023
Added
07/04/2023
Modified
07/04/2023

Description

In ModSecurity before 2.9.6 and 3.x before 3.0.8, HTTP multipart requests were incorrectly parsed and could bypass the Web Application Firewall. NOTE: this is related to CVE-2022-39956 but can be considered independent changes to the ModSecurity (C language) codebase.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-mod_security
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-mod_security-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-mod_security-mlogc

References

insightVM

Advanced vulnerability management analytics and reporting.
Key Features
Free InsightVM Trial View All Features

With Rapid7 live dashboards, I have a clear view of all the assets on my network, which ones can be exploited, and what I need to do in order to reduce the risk in my environment in real-time. No other tool gives us that kind of value and insight.

– Scott Cheney, Manager of Information Security, Sierra View Medical Center

;