USN-6370-1: ModSecurity vulnerabilities

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It was discovered that ModSecurity incorrectly handled certain nested JSON
objects. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-42717)

It was discovered that ModSecurity incorrectly handled certain HTTP
multipart requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to bypass ModSecurity restrictions. (CVE-2022-48279)

It was discovered that ModSecurity incorrectly handled certain file
uploads. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
buffer overflow and a firewall failure. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2023-24021)

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