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CVE-2013-5705

Published: Apr 15, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
2.6%
Top 16.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

apache2/modsecurity.c in ModSecurity before 2.7.6 allows remote attackers to bypass rules by using chunked transfer coding with a capitalized Chunked value in the Transfer-Encoding HTTP header.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

modsecuritytrustwave
Mixed
Security Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
trustwavecommercialUSSecurity Products
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Official Patch Available

References

http://martin.swende.se/blog/HTTPChunked.html
martin.swende.se
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2991
debian.org
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/f8d441cd25172fdfe5b613442fedfc0da3cc333d
github.com

Timeline

Published
Apr 15, 2014
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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