Resource exhaustion in Suricata - CVE-2024-23835
Published: March 26, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU87826
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23835
CWE-ID: CWE-400
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 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.
Affected software
Suricata
Fedora
suricata
Fedora
suricata
How to mitigate CVE-2024-23835
Install updates from vendor's website.
Suricata - update to 7.0.3
suricata - addressed in versions 6.0.16-1.el8, 6.0.16-1.el9, 6.0.16-1.fc38, 6.0.16-1.fc39
suricata - addressed in versions 6.0.16-1.el8, 6.0.16-1.el9, 6.0.16-1.fc38, 6.0.16-1.fc39
External References
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-8583-353f-mvwc
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/86de7cffa7e8f06fe9d600127e7dabe89c7e81dd
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/f52c033e566beafb4480c139eb18662a2870464f
- https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/6411
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GOCOBFUTIFHOP2PZOH4ENRFXRBHIRKK4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZXJIT7R53ZXROO3I256RFUWTIW4ECK6P/