PT-2023-26345 · Trustwave+1 · Modsecurity+1

Published 2023-07-26 · Updated 2025-07-03 · CVE-2023-38285

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Trustwave ModSecurity versions 3.0.0 through 3.0.9

Description The issue is related to Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity.

Recommendations For Trustwave ModSecurity versions 3.0.0 through 3.0.9, update to version 3.0.10 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-407

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2023-6640

BIT-MODSECURITY-2023-38285

BIT-MODSECURITY2-2023-38285

CVE-2023-38285

OPENSUSE-SU-2023:0257-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2023:0269-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13195-1

Affected Products

Debian

Modsecurity

References · 29

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38285 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2023:0257-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38285 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38285 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2023-6640 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38285 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38285 · Security Note
• https://trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/modsecurity-v3-dos-vulnerability-in-four-transformations-cve-2023-38285 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38285 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/modsecurity · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-28882 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-modsecurity2-2023-38285 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-38285 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-modsecurity-2023-38285 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38285 · Vendor Advisory