CVE-2008-5676

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the ModSecurity (aka mod_security) module 2.5.0 through 2.5.5 for the Apache HTTP Server, when SecCacheTransformations is enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or bypass the product's functionality via unknown vectors related to "transformation caching."

Affected products

Breach Modsecurity: through 2.5.0; through 2.5.5; 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5.4

References

http://blog.modsecurity.org/2008/08/transformation.html
http://freshmeat.net/projects/modsecurity/?branch_id=34901&release_id=282329
http://secunia.com/advisories/32146
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2795
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45770
http://blog.modsecurity.org/2008/08/transformation.html
http://freshmeat.net/projects/modsecurity/?branch_id=34901&release_id=282329
http://secunia.com/advisories/32146
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2795
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45770

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