8.1
HIGH
CVE-2024-23839
Suricata Heap Use After Free Vulnerability
Description

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to 7.0.3, specially crafted traffic can cause a heap use after free if the ruleset uses the http.request_header or http.response_header keyword. The vulnerability has been patched in 7.0.3. To work around the vulnerability, avoid the http.request_header and http.response_header keywords.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 26, 2024, 4:27 p.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 19, 2024, 7:38 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-23839 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 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Oisf suricata

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-23839 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.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 19, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE NIST CWE-416
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.0.0 up to (excluding) 7.0.3
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/cd731fcaf42e5f7078c9be643bfa0cee2ad53e8f No Types Assigned https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/cd731fcaf42e5f7078c9be643bfa0cee2ad53e8f Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/cd731fcaf42e5f7078c9be643bfa0cee2ad53e8f No Types Assigned https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/cd731fcaf42e5f7078c9be643bfa0cee2ad53e8f Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-qxj6-hr2p-mmc7 No Types Assigned https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-qxj6-hr2p-mmc7 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-qxj6-hr2p-mmc7 No Types Assigned https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-qxj6-hr2p-mmc7 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GOCOBFUTIFHOP2PZOH4ENRFXRBHIRKK4/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GOCOBFUTIFHOP2PZOH4ENRFXRBHIRKK4/ Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GOCOBFUTIFHOP2PZOH4ENRFXRBHIRKK4/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GOCOBFUTIFHOP2PZOH4ENRFXRBHIRKK4/ Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZXJIT7R53ZXROO3I256RFUWTIW4ECK6P/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZXJIT7R53ZXROO3I256RFUWTIW4ECK6P/ Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZXJIT7R53ZXROO3I256RFUWTIW4ECK6P/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZXJIT7R53ZXROO3I256RFUWTIW4ECK6P/ Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/6657 No Types Assigned https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/6657 Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/6657 No Types Assigned https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/6657 Issue Tracking
  • 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/cd731fcaf42e5f7078c9be643bfa0cee2ad53e8f
    Added Reference https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-qxj6-hr2p-mmc7
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GOCOBFUTIFHOP2PZOH4ENRFXRBHIRKK4/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZXJIT7R53ZXROO3I256RFUWTIW4ECK6P/
    Added Reference https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/6657
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Mar. 07, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GOCOBFUTIFHOP2PZOH4ENRFXRBHIRKK4/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZXJIT7R53ZXROO3I256RFUWTIW4ECK6P/ [No types assigned]
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 26, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to 7.0.3, specially crafted traffic can cause a heap use after free if the ruleset uses the http.request_header or http.response_header keyword. The vulnerability has been patched in 7.0.3. To work around the vulnerability, avoid the http.request_header and http.response_header keywords.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-qxj6-hr2p-mmc7 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/cd731fcaf42e5f7078c9be643bfa0cee2ad53e8f [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/6657 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-416
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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