CVE-2009-1903

N/A Unknown

Published: June 03, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

The PDF XSS protection feature in ModSecurity before 2.5.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Apache httpd crash) via a request for a PDF file that does not use the GET method.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/34256

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/34311

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/35687

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-02.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=667538

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.osvdb.org/52552

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34096

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0703

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49211

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00487.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00529.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/34256