Multiple vulnerabilities in Suricata

Published: 2024-03-26

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	4
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-24568 CVE-2024-23839 CVE-2024-23836 CVE-2024-23835
CWE-ID	CWE-20 CWE-416 CWE-400
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Suricata Server applications / IDS/IPS systems, Firewalls and proxy servers
Vendor	Open Information Security Foundation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 4 vulnerabilities.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU87829

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-24568

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when handling HTTP2 headers. A remote attacker can use specially crafted HTTP/2 requests to bypass existing ruleset.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Suricata: 7.0.0 - 7.0.2

External links

http://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-gv29-5hqw-5h8c
http://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/478a2a38f54e2ae235f8486bff87d7d66b6307f0
http://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/6717
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GOCOBFUTIFHOP2PZOH4ENRFXRBHIRKK4/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZXJIT7R53ZXROO3I256RFUWTIW4ECK6P/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU87828

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23839

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when handling HTTP traffic. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that http.request_header or http.response_header keywords are used if the ruleset.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Suricata: 7.0.0 - 7.0.2

External links

http://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-qxj6-hr2p-mmc7
http://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/cd731fcaf42e5f7078c9be643bfa0cee2ad53e8f
http://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/6657
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GOCOBFUTIFHOP2PZOH4ENRFXRBHIRKK4/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZXJIT7R53ZXROO3I256RFUWTIW4ECK6P/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU87827

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23836

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Suricata: 6.0.0 - 7.0.2

External links

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

4) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU87826

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23835

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources during pgsql parsing. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Suricata: 7.0.0 - 7.0.2

External links

http://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-8583-353f-mvwc
http://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/86de7cffa7e8f06fe9d600127e7dabe89c7e81dd
http://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/f52c033e566beafb4480c139eb18662a2870464f
http://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/6411
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GOCOBFUTIFHOP2PZOH4ENRFXRBHIRKK4/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZXJIT7R53ZXROO3I256RFUWTIW4ECK6P/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.