CVE-2009-1902
mediumpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.137 · 96 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-8241ModSecurity < 2.5.9 - Remote Denial of Servicefunctional · exploit_db
affected products (4)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (28)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34256enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34311enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35687enisa_euvd
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-02.xmlenisa_euvd
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=667542&group_id=68846enisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/52553enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501968enisa_euvd
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