Use After Free Affecting suricata package, versions [,7.0.0,7.0.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SURICATA-6303736
  • published28 Feb 2024
  • disclosed26 Feb 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Feb 2024

CVE-2024-23839  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade suricata to version 7.0.0,7.0.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free due to the improper handling of certain traffic patterns, specifically when the ruleset employs the http.request_header or http.response_header keyword. Exploiting this vulnerability can lead to potential denial of service or execution of arbitrary code by sending specially crafted traffic.

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