SB2018030210 - Security restrictions bypass in Suricata 



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

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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.