Improper Input Validation Affecting suricata package, versions <1:4.1.2-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-SURICATA-19683886
  • published11 Sept 2026
  • disclosed18 Jul 2019

Introduced: 18 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-1010251  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest suricata to version 1:4.1.2-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream suricata package and not the suricata package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Open Information Security Foundation Suricata prior to version 4.1.2 is affected by: Denial of Service - DNS detection bypass. The impact is: An attacker can evade a signature detection with a specialy formed network packet. The component is: app-layer-detect-proto.c, decode.c, decode-teredo.c and decode-ipv6.c (https://github.com/OISF/suricata/pull/3590/commits/11f3659f64a4e42e90cb3c09fcef66894205aefe, https://github.com/OISF/suricata/pull/3590/commits/8357ef3f8ffc7d99ef6571350724160de356158b). The attack vector is: An attacker can trigger the vulnerability by sending a specifically crafted network request. The fixed version is: 4.1.2.