#VU87828 Use-after-free in Suricata - CVE-2024-23839 

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#VU87828 Use-after-free in Suricata - CVE-2024-23839

Published: March 26, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU87828
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23839
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Suricata
Software vendor:
Open Information Security Foundation

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.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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