7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.0
CVE-2017-15377
Suricata Detect Engine Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability
Description

In Suricata before 4.x, it was possible to trigger lots of redundant checks on the content of crafted network traffic with a certain signature, because of DetectEngineContentInspection in detect-engine-content-inspection.c. The search engine doesn't stop when it should after no match is found; instead, it stops only upon reaching inspection-recursion-limit (3000 by default).

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 23, 2017, 8:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 20, 2025, 1:37 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-15377 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Openinfosecfoundation suricata
1 Oisf suricata
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Follow the instructions below to mitigate the CVE-2017-15377 vulnerability.
Upgrade the affected suricata package.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-15377.

URL Resource
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/b9579fbe7dd408200ef03cbe20efddb624b73885
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00000.html
https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/2231 Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/b9579fbe7dd408200ef03cbe20efddb624b73885
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00000.html
https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/2231 Vendor Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-15377 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-15377 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-15377 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-15377 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/b9579fbe7dd408200ef03cbe20efddb624b73885
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00000.html
    Added Reference https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/2231
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 27, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://github.com/OISF/suricata/pull/2680/commits/47afc577ff763150f9b47f10331f5ef9eb847a57 [VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/b9579fbe7dd408200ef03cbe20efddb624b73885 [No Types Assigned]
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-254 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00000.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 21, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/OISF/suricata/pull/2680/commits/47afc577ff763150f9b47f10331f5ef9eb847a57 No Types Assigned https://github.com/OISF/suricata/pull/2680/commits/47afc577ff763150f9b47f10331f5ef9eb847a57 VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/2231 No Types Assigned https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/2231 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-254
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openinfosecfoundation:suricata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.2.4
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.53 }} -0.57%

score

0.64545

percentile