ELA-783-1 modsecurity-crs security update
Package : modsecurity-crs
ELA-783-1 modsecurity-crs security update
Version : 3.2.3-0+deb9u1 (stretch)
Related CVEs :
CVE-2018-16384
CVE-2019-13464
CVE-2020-22669
CVE-2021-35368
CVE-2022-39955
CVE-2022-39956
CVE-2022-39957
CVE-2022-39958
Multiple issues were found in modsecurity-crs, a set of generic attack detection rules for use with ModSecurity or compatible web application firewalls, which allows remote attackers to bypass the web applications firewall.
If you are using modsecurity-crs with apache2 / libapache2-modsecurity, please make sure to review your modsecurity configuration, usually /etc/modsecurity/modsecurity.conf, against the updated recommended configration, available in /etc/modsecurity/modsecurity.conf-recommended: Some of the changes to the recommended rules are required to avoid WAF bypasses in certain circumstances.
Please note that CVE-2022-39956 requires an updated modsecurity-apache packge,
which has been previously uploaded to buster-security, see Debian ELTS Advisory ELA-779-1 for details.
Kudos to @airween for the support and help while perparing the update.
CVE-2018-16384
A SQL injection bypass (aka PL1 bypass) exists in OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule
Set (owasp-modsecurity-crs) through v3.1.0-rc3 via {`a`b} where a is a special
function name (such as "if") and b is the SQL statement to be executed.
CVE-2019-13464
An issue was discovered in OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (CRS) 3.0.2.
Use of X.Filename instead of X_Filename can bypass some PHP Script Uploads
rules, because PHP automatically transforms dots into underscores in
certain contexts where dots are invalid.
CVE-2020-22669
Modsecurity owasp-modsecurity-crs 3.2.0 (Paranoia level at PL1) has a SQL
injection bypass vulnerability. Attackers can use the comment characters
and variable assignments in the SQL syntax to bypass Modsecurity WAF
protection and implement SQL injection attacks on Web applications.
CVE-2021-35368
OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set 3.1.x before 3.1.2, 3.2.x before 3.2.1,
and 3.3.x before 3.3.2 is affected by a Request Body Bypass via a
trailing pathname.
CVE-2022-39955
The OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (CRS) is affected by a partial rule set
bypass by submitting a specially crafted HTTP Content-Type header field that
indicates multiple character encoding schemes. A vulnerable back-end can
potentially be exploited by declaring multiple Content-Type "charset" names and
therefore bypassing the configurable CRS Content-Type header "charset" allow
list. An encoded payload can bypass CRS detection this way and may then be
decoded by the backend. The legacy CRS versions 3.0.x and 3.1.x are affected,
as well as the currently supported versions 3.2.1 and 3.3.2. Integrators and
users are advised to upgrade to 3.2.2 and 3.3.3 respectively.
CVE-2022-39956
The OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (CRS) is affected by a partial rule set
bypass for HTTP multipart requests by submitting a payload that uses a
character encoding scheme via the Content-Type or the deprecated
Content-Transfer-Encoding multipart MIME header fields that will not be decoded
and inspected by the web application firewall engine and the rule set. The
multipart payload will therefore bypass detection. A vulnerable backend that
supports these encoding schemes can potentially be exploited. The legacy CRS
versions 3.0.x and 3.1.x are affected, as well as the currently supported
versions 3.2.1 and 3.3.2. Integrators and users are advised upgrade to 3.2.2
and 3.3.3 respectively. The mitigation against these vulnerabilities depends on
the installation of the latest ModSecurity version (v2.9.6 / v3.0.8).
CVE-2022-39957
The OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (CRS) is affected by a response body
bypass. A client can issue an HTTP Accept header field containing an optional
"charset" parameter in order to receive the response in an encoded form.
Depending on the "charset", this response can not be decoded by the web
application firewall. A restricted resource, access to which would ordinarily
be detected, may therefore bypass detection. The legacy CRS versions 3.0.x and
3.1.x are affected, as well as the currently supported versions 3.2.1 and
3.3.2. Integrators and users are advised to upgrade to 3.2.2 and 3.3.3
respectively.
CVE-2022-39958
The OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (CRS) is affected by a response body bypass
to sequentially exfiltrate small and undetectable sections of data by
repeatedly submitting an HTTP Range header field with a small byte range. A
restricted resource, access to which would ordinarily be detected, may be
exfiltrated from the backend, despite being protected by a web application
firewall that uses CRS. Short subsections of a restricted resource may bypass
pattern matching techniques and allow undetected access. The legacy CRS
versions 3.0.x and 3.1.x are affected, as well as the currently supported
versions 3.2.1 and 3.3.2. Integrators and users are advised to upgrade to 3.2.2
and 3.3.3 respectively and to configure a CRS paranoia level of 3 or higher.
A modsecurity-crs security update has been released for Debian GNU/Linux 9 Extended LTS to address multiple issues.
