csaf_opensuse - opensuse-su-2025:15456-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15456-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2025-08-18 00:00 - Updated: 2025-08-18 00:00

Summary

apache2-mod_security2-2.9.12-1.1 on GA media

Notes

Title of the patch

apache2-mod_security2-2.9.12-1.1 on GA media

Description of the patch

These are all security issues fixed in the apache2-mod_security2-2.9.12-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Patchnames

openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2025-15456

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CVE-2025-54571 (GCVE-0-2025-54571)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-05 23:39 – Updated: 2025-11-03 18:13

Summary

ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx. In versions 2.9.11 and below, an attacker can override the HTTP response’s Content-Type, which could lead to several issues depending on the HTTP scenario. For example, we have demonstrated the potential for XSS and arbitrary script source code disclosure in the latest version of mod_security2. This issue is fixed in version 2.9.12.

Severity ?

6.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE

CWE-252 - Unchecked Return Value

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	owasp-modsecurity	ModSecurity	Affected: < 2.9.12

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Author	Source	Type	Date

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2025-54571 (GCVE-0-2025-54571)

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