CVE-2009-1903
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 3%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 2.5.8
Affected range stops below 2.5.8, 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:
References (11)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-02.xmlx_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=667538VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34096VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0703Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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