NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting suricata package, versions [,7.0.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-SURICATA-7448456
  • published 14 Jul 2024
  • disclosed 11 Jul 2024
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade suricata to version 7.0.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference when the non-default http.memcap is in use and the http.memcap limit is reached. An attacker can cause a crash by sending malicious data that misallocates memory.

CVSS Scores

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version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
8.2 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    Present
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    None
  • Integrity (VI)
    None
  • Availability (VA)
    High
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None