Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package suricata (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published20 Mar 2025
- disclosed10 Apr 2025
Introduced: 20 Mar 2025
CVE-2025-29918 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:12.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream suricata package and not the suricata package as distributed by Debian.
Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. A PCRE rule can be written that leads to an infinite loop when negated PCRE is used. Packet processing thread becomes stuck in infinite loop limiting visibility and availability in inline mode. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.9.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-29918
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/b14c67cbdf25fa6c7ffe0d04ddf3ebe67b12b50b
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-924c-vvm5-9mqx
- https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/7526
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00029.html