Security restrictions bypass in Suricata - CVE-2018-6794
Published: March 16, 2018 / Updated: June 17, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11123
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6794
CWE-ID: CWE-693
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Open Information Security Foundation
Affected software:
Suricata
Suricata
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-6794
Update to version 4.0.4.