Saturday, August 28, 2010

OWASP ModSecurity CRS v2.0.8

Greetings everyone,
I wanted to announce the availability of the OWASP ModSecurity CRS v2.0.8.

DOWNLOADING -
Download page - http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_ModSecurity_Core_Rule_Set_Project#tab=Download
You can also use the util/rules-updater.pl script to auto-download the latest ZIP archive (see the rules-updater-example.conf file for Repo data).

TESTING -
We have integrated the new CRS into the Demo page to help facilitate community testing -
http://www.modsecurity.org/demo/

CHANGES -
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Version 2.0.8 - 08/27/2010
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Improvements:
- Updated the PHPIDS filters
- Updated the SQL Injection filters to detect boolean attacks (1<2, foo == bar, etc..)
- Updated the SQL Injection filters to account for different quotes
- Added UTF-8 encoding validation support to the modsecurity_crs_10_config.conf file
- Added Rule ID 950109 to detect multiple URL encodings
- Added two experimental rules to detect anomalous use of special characters

Bug Fixes:
- Fixed Encoding Detection RegEx (950107 and 950108)
- Fixed rules-updater.pl script to better handle whitespace
https://www.modsecurity.org/tracker/browse/MODSEC-167
- Fixed missing pass action bug in modsecurity_crs_21_protocol_anomalies.conf
https://www.modsecurity.org/tracker/browse/CORERULES-55
- Fixed the anomaly scoring in the modsecurity_crs_41_phpids_filters.conf file
https://www.modsecurity.org/tracker/browse/CORERULES-54
- Updated XSS rule id 958001 to improve the .cookie regex to reduce false postives
https://www.modsecurity.org/tracker/browse/CORERULES-29


--
Ryan Barnett
OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set Project Leader

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