7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2024-55605
Suricata Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vuln
Description

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to 7.0.8, a large input buffer to the to_lowercase, to_uppercase, strip_whitespace, compress_whitespace, dotprefix, header_lowercase, strip_pseudo_headers, url_decode, or xor transform can lead to a stack overflow causing Suricata to crash. The issue has been addressed in Suricata 7.0.8.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 6, 2025, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 31, 2025, 1:53 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-55605 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 Oisf suricata
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
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  • There is no known solution at this time.
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-2024-55605.

URL Resource
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-x2hr-33vp-w289 Vendor Advisory
https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/7229 Permissions Required
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-55605 vulnerability over time.

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  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 31, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 7.0.8
    Added Reference Type GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-x2hr-33vp-w289 Types: Vendor Advisory
    Added Reference Type GitHub, Inc.: https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/7229 Types: Permissions Required
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jan. 06, 2025

    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 7.0.8, a large input buffer to the to_lowercase, to_uppercase, strip_whitespace, compress_whitespace, dotprefix, header_lowercase, strip_pseudo_headers, url_decode, or xor transform can lead to a stack overflow causing Suricata to crash. The issue has been addressed in Suricata 7.0.8.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-400
    Added Reference https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-x2hr-33vp-w289
    Added Reference https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/7229
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
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