Input validation error in Suricata



| Updated: 2020-08-10
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2013-5919
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Suricata
Server applications / IDS/IPS systems, Firewalls and proxy servers

Vendor Open Information Security Foundation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU41599

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5919

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

Suricata before 1.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed SSL record.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Suricata: 1.3 - 1.4.4

CPE2.3 External links

https://secunia.com/advisories/54968
https://suricata-ids.org/2013/09/24/suricata-1-4-6-released/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87492


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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