[mod-security-users] [ANNOUNCE] mod_security 1.8.2 released

[Ivan R. <iv...@we...>]

Mod_security 1.8.2 has been released. It is available for immediate
download from:

   http://www.modsecurity.org/download/

Version 1.8.2 is a maintenance release that fixes all the known
issues with the recently released version 1.8.

About mod_security
------------------
Mod_security is an Apache module whose purpose is to protect
vulnerable applications and reject human or automated attacks.
It is an open source intrusion detection and prevention system
for Apache. In addition to request filtering, it also creates Web
application audit logs. Requests are filtered using regular
expressions. Some of the things possible are:

 * Apply filters against any part of the request (URI,
   headers, either GET or POST)
 * Apply filters against individual parameters
 * Reject SQL injection attacks
 * Reject Cross site scripting attacks

With few general rules mod_security can protect from both
known and unknown vulnerabilities.


Changes (v1.8.2)
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 * Zero-length POST payloads are now allowed.

 * The Apache function ap_escape_logitem is no longer
   used, allowing mod_security to be used with older Apache
   releases.

 * The bug resulting in the closure of stdin during
   multipart/form-data requests was fixed.

 * POST payload scanning during multipart/form-data requests
   now works properly.

 * An error in the default configuration file was fixed.

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