Buffer overflow in Suricata - CVE-2024-55626
Published: January 10, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU102517
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-55626
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when handling very large BPF filter file during startup. A remote attacker can trick the victim into providing a specially crafted BPF file to the application, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Suricata
Fedora
suricata
Fedora
suricata
How to mitigate CVE-2024-55626
Install updates from vendor's website.
Suricata - update to 7.0.8
suricata - addressed in versions 7.0.8-1.el8, 7.0.8-1.el9, 7.0.8-1.fc40, 7.0.8-1.fc41
suricata - addressed in versions 7.0.8-1.el8, 7.0.8-1.el9, 7.0.8-1.fc40, 7.0.8-1.fc41