SB2018030210 - Security restrictions bypass in Suricata
Published: March 2, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018030210
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6794)
CWE-ID: CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The weakness exists in the detect.c and stream-tcp.c source code files due to improper security restrictions. A remote attacker can submit specially crafted data from a malicious server and bypass security restrictions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.