oss-security - CVE Request -- ModSecurity (X < 2.7.3): Vulnerable to XXE attacks

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 08:23:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>,
        Breno Silva <breno.silva@...il.com>
Subject: CVE Request -- ModSecurity (X < 2.7.3): Vulnerable to XXE attacks

Hello Kurt, Steve, Breno, vendors,

  ModSecurity upstream has released v2.7.3 version:
[1] https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/blob/master/CHANGES

correcting one security flaw (from [2]):
"It was reported that the XML files parser of ModSecurity,
a security module for the Apache HTTP Server, was vulnerable
to XML External Entity attacks. A remote attacker could
provide a specially-crafted XML file that, when processed
might lead to local files disclosure or, potentially,
excessive resources (memory, CPU) consumption."

References:
[2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947842
[3] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464188
[4] https://secunia.com/advisories/52847/

Relevant upstream patch (seems to be the following):
[5] https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/d4d80b38aa85eccb26e3c61b04d16e8ca5de76fe

Could you allocate a CVE id [*] for this?

Thank you && Regards, Jan.
--
Jan iankko Lieskovsky / Red Hat Security Response Team

[*] According to: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=ModSecurity
    there doesn't seem to have been a CVE id allocated for this issue yet.

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