Merge pull request #3389 from airween/v2/master

chore: prepare v2.9.9

Author: airween

CHANGES

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-(to be released) - 2.9.x
-------------------------
+21 May 2025 - 2.9.9
+-------------------
 
+ * fix: DoS vulnerability
+   [PR from private repo - @theseion, @fzipi, @airween; fixed CVE-2025-47947]
  * chore: log error codes for global mutex failure modes.
    [Issue #3387 - @airween]
  * chore: refactor build system to use PCRE2

apache2/msc_release.h

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 #define MODSEC_VERSION_MAJOR       "2"
 #define MODSEC_VERSION_MINOR       "9"
-#define MODSEC_VERSION_MAINT       "8"
+#define MODSEC_VERSION_MAINT       "9"
 #define MODSEC_VERSION_TYPE        ""
 #define MODSEC_VERSION_RELEASE     ""