On 9/20/10 4:44 PM, "Jason Haar" <Jas...@tr...> wrote:
> Hi there
>
> As the vulnerability's exploit involves hammering the server with tonnes
> of webrequests, I was wondering if there could be a way to block it with
> mod_security?
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/20/asp_dot_net_padding_oracle_fix/
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2416728.mspx
> http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2010/09/17/understanding-the-asp-net-vu
> lnerability.aspx
Hey Jason,
I have tested it specifically against this type of attack, however, in
theory, implementing SessionID Validation rules within ModSecurity should
prevent the attack. I outlined this in my blog post last week and actually
referenced this attack -
http://blog.modsecurity.org/2010/09/advanced-topic-of-the-week-validating-se
ssionids.html
Let me know if this works,
Ryan
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