Important: mod_security

Issue Overview:

In ModSecurity before 2.9.6 and 3.x before 3.0.8, HTTP multipart requests were incorrectly parsed and could bypass the Web Application Firewall. NOTE: this is related to CVE-2022-39956 but can be considered independent changes to the ModSecurity (C language) codebase. (CVE-2022-48279)

In ModSecurity before 2.9.7, FILES_TMP_CONTENT sometimes lacked the complete content. This can lead to a Web Application Firewall bypass. (CVE-2023-24021)

Affected Packages:

mod_security

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update mod_security to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    mod_security-2.9.7-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    mod_security-mlogc-2.9.7-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    mod_security-debuginfo-2.9.7-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    mod_security-2.9.7-1.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    mod_security-mlogc-2.9.7-1.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    mod_security-debuginfo-2.9.7-1.amzn2.0.1.i686  
  
src:  
    mod_security-2.9.7-1.amzn2.0.1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    mod_security-2.9.7-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    mod_security-mlogc-2.9.7-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    mod_security-debuginfo-2.9.7-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2022-48279, CVE-2023-24021

Mitre: CVE-2022-48279, CVE-2023-24021