Description
Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to 7.0.5 and 6.0.19, specially crafted traffic or datasets can cause a limited buffer overflow. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.5 and 6.0.19. Workarounds include not use rules with `base64_decode` keyword with `bytes` option with value 1, 2 or 5 and for 7.0.x, setting `app-layer.protocols.smtp.mime.body-md5` to false.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 7.3/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| OISF | suricata | >= 6.0.0, <= 6.0.18; >= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.4 |
| oisf | suricata | >= 6.0.0, <= 6.0.18 |
| oisf | suricata | >= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.4 |
References
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/311002baf288a225f62cf18a90c5fdd294447379Patch
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/d5ffecf11ad2c6fe89265e518f5d7443caf26ba4Patch
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-79vh-hpwq-3jh7Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/311002baf288a225f62cf18a90c5fdd294447379Patch
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/d5ffecf11ad2c6fe89265e518f5d7443caf26ba4Patch
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-79vh-hpwq-3jh7Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- May 7, 2024
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed