Use-after-free in Suricata - CVE-2024-23839
Published: March 26, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU87828
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23839
CWE-ID: CWE-416
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 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.
Affected software
Suricata
Fedora
Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack
suricata
Fedora
Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack
suricata
How to mitigate CVE-2024-23839
Install updates from vendor's website.
Suricata - update to 7.0.3
Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack - update to 6.0.2
suricata - addressed in versions 6.0.16-1.el8, 6.0.16-1.el9, 6.0.16-1.fc38, 6.0.16-1.fc39
Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack - update to 6.0.2
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-qxj6-hr2p-mmc7
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/cd731fcaf42e5f7078c9be643bfa0cee2ad53e8f
- https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/6657
- 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/