SB2018030210 - Security restrictions bypass in Suricata
Published: March 2, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018030210
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6794)
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.