CVE-2009-1902
N/A
Published: June 3, 2009 at 04:33 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:08 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraModsecurity
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 14%
Description
The multipart processor in ModSecurity before 2.5.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a multipart form datapost request with a missing part header name, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 2.5.9
Affected range stops below 2.5.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (14)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSENot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-02.xmlx_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=667542&group_id=68846Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501968Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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