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Compiling modsecurity 2.6.5 for apache 2.0.x
By: Ruiyuan Jiang
Hi, I am trying to compile ModSecurity 2.6.5 for Apache 2.0.x on a Redhat Enterprise v6.2, x86_64. In the configure step, I specified --with-pcre=/usr which is Redhat's built-in pcre v7.8. When I compiled Apache 2.0.x, I specified the same for…
0 May 24 2012
17:47
May 24 2012
17:47
Forum reply being blocked by mod_security
By: Retired1af
I'm not getting very far with the software developers so I'm now appealing to the experts here to find a solution to my problem. It appears mod_security is triggering on the word nmap within a forum post, preventing replies to the thread. Link…
2 May 22 2012
07:19
May 22 2012
07:38
AuditConsole 0.4.6 released!
By: Christian Bockermann
Dear ModSecurity users, I am happy to announce the release of the next version of AuditConsole, the free log-management tool for ModSecurity. This version comes with a clean-up of the web-interface, lots of bug-fixes, support for OpenID…
0 May 22 2012
01:30
May 22 2012
01:30
error when creating rule for op "rx"
By: daminto lee
Hi, I am encountering some problem when trying to compile the latest version mod_security-apache_2.6.5 onto my Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS. When I run "make CFLAGS=-DMSC_TEST test, I received the following error message: ERROR: Failed to create rule…
0 May 21 2012
20:28
May 21 2012
20:28
Persistent collections and errors in Apache error_log
By: Luca
Hello everyone. I'm getting a lot of error entries related to access to DBM file used to store collections data. DBM file is huge, aroung 1GB, I think it never shrinks. Here a couple of examples: ModSecurity: Failed deleting collection (name "ip",…
1 May 21 2012
10:14
May 21 2012
10:27
New to Modsecurity: I Need to allow directory traversal to a single virtual host
By: mrnicholsb
Hello all, Im new to modsecurity and forgive me if this is a noobish question. But I have a virtual host that I have a lot of iso files on that I would like to have directory indexing allowed on just that host. I have my .htaccess file as…
1 May 19 2012
16:00
May 19 2012
16:28
Capturing Internal Server Errors
By: Usman
Hi, I have the following directive in my crs_10 file: SecAuditLogRelevantStatus "^(?:5|0(?!04))" This logs 500 internal server errors when they happen. I would like to set some attributes like tag, msg, severity etc for the above when viewing…
2 May 17 2012
06:34
May 17 2012
06:55
Own POST Rate Limit Rule not Working
By: Thomas Berger
Hi all, we have tried to write a ModSecurity rule to limit POST Requests. But the limit does not work as expected. Here is the rule: SecRule REQUEST_METHOD "^POST$"…
0 May 11 2012
08:14
May 11 2012
08:14
2.6.5 Compile Question
By: Dan Denton
I'm compiling modsec 2.6.5 against Apache 2.4.2, and during a "make CFLAGS=-DMSC_TEST test" I get the following: msc_test-modsecurity.o: In function `modsecurity_init': modsecurity.c:(.text+0x240): undefined reference to…
1 May 10 2012
17:28
May 10 2012
17:39
ModSecurity starting, but not logging even with debug
By: Mjs
I have installed ModSecurity 2.6.5 on Apache httpd 2.0.52 and I see it load in the error_log, but I get nothing from the ModSecurity logs. I have set SecDebugLogLevel to 9. I have turned debug logs on in apache as well, but am seeing…
4 May 9 2012
14:22
May 10 2012
12:05
SecRule 981317
By: Canell, Stephen E (2240)
In modsecurity_crs_41_sql_injection_attacks.conf, rule ID 981317 looks for the following: SecRule TX:SQLI_SELECT_STATEMENT_COUNT "@ge 3" "phase:2,t:none,block,id:'981317'ŠŠŠ. Which if the *_COUNT is equal to or greater the 3 of the list of SQL…
0 May 10 2012
11:41
May 10 2012
11:41
REQUEST_BODY has some XML
By: Usman Waheed
Hi, I am new to mod security and have an application that POSTS XML data in the REQUEST_BODY. The REQUEST_HEADER Content-type is set to application/x-www-form-urlencoded and NOT to text/xml. A sample of my XML POST data in the REQUEST_BODY…
3 May 9 2012
08:32
May 10 2012
07:04
Upcoming ModSecurity Training at BlackHat USA
By: Josh Amishav-Zlatin
Just another reminder that there are less then three weeks left to sign up for the upcoming ModSecurity training at BlackHat Vegas this summer at the regular rate…
0 May 10 2012
06:15
May 10 2012
06:15
SecFilter rules
By: solarflow99
Have the SecFilter directives become obsolete? The RHEL5 NSA security guide mentions them but they don't see to exist anymore. Thanks,
1 May 6 2012
14:02
May 6 2012
14:24
Modsecurity super slow when SecRequestBodyAccess On
By: Gil Vidals
I have installed, modsecurity-crs_2.2.4.tar.gz, and an ASP sign HTML form is being processed super slow whenever SecRequestBodyAccess is On. If I set it to Off, the form processes very quickly. I turned on debugging, and I see the usec are super…
5 May 2 2012
21:27
May 5 2012
07:33
how to turn off rule checking for specific field
By: chris derham
All, So we have a user that has put a % symbol in their password. This is tripping up mod_security when the user tries to login. The relevant entry is Message: Pattern match "\%((?!$|\W)|[0-9a-fA-F]{2}|u[0-9a-fA-F]{4})" at ARGS:j_password. [file…
2 May 4 2012
06:23
May 4 2012
07:53
mod_security not denying access
By: Dennis Jacobfeuerborn
Hi, I've just installed mod_security on a Centos 5 system and I'm having trouble to actually get it to deny certain requests. I've change the line: SecDefaultAction "phase:2,pass" to SecDefaultAction "phase:2,deny" in…
1 Apr 30 2012
13:52
Apr 30 2012
14:25
Re: mod_security not denying access
By: Dennis Jacobfeuerborn
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.On 04/30/2012 08:57 PM, Ryan Barnett wrote: > > On 4/30/12 2:32 PM, "Dennis Jacobfeuerborn" <denn### @conversis.de> wrote: > >> Hi, >> I've just installed mod_security on a…
1 Apr 30 2012
14:18
Apr 30 2012
14:23
Re: cpanel, mod_ruid2 and mod_sec
By: Secmas
I think I will be uninstalling mod_ruid2 until there is compatibility with mod_security. "It is a flaw with mod_security in conjunction with mod_ruid2 and not with cPanel itself. Some components do not work with other components and, …
0 Apr 20 2012
10:14
Apr 20 2012
10:14
cpanel, mod_ruid2 and mod_sec
By: Sergio
Hi all, I am having the following error in mod_sec log: Audit log: Failed to lock global mutex: Permission denied Do you know what is this error about? Cpanel forum saids that it is an incompatibility issue among mod_ruid2 and mod_sec, have you…
0 Apr 19 2012
19:12
Apr 19 2012
19:12