========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7567-1 June 13, 2025
modsecurity-apache vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 25.04
- Ubuntu 24.10
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in ModSecurity.
Software Description:
- modsecurity-apache: Tighten web applications security for Apache
Details:
Simon Studer discovered that ModSecurity incorrectly handled certain
JSON objects. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2025-47947)
It was discovered that ModSecurity incorrectly handled requests when
parsing certain form data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2025-48866)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 25.04
libapache2-mod-security2 2.9.8-1.1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 24.10
libapache2-mod-security2 2.9.7-1ubuntu0.24.10.1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
libapache2-mod-security2 2.9.7-1ubuntu0.24.04.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
libapache2-mod-security2 2.9.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
libapache2-mod-security2 2.9.3-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libapache2-mod-security2 2.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libapache2-mod-security2 2.9.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libapache2-modsecurity 2.9.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
libapache2-mod-security2 2.7.7-2ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libapache2-modsecurity 2.7.7-2ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7567-1
CVE-2025-47947, CVE-2025-48866
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/modsecurity-apache/2.9.8-1.1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/modsecurity-apache/2.9.7-1ubuntu0.24.10.1
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