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Vulnerability · Published Feb 26, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2024-23835Suricata's pgsql: memory exhaustion use on record parsing

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in suricata from OISF. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 61% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 39.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to version 7.0.3, excessive memory use during pgsql parsing could lead to OOM-related crashes. This vulnerability is patched in 7.0.3. As workaround, users can disable the pgsql app layer parser.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13suricata1:7.0.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-23835
Debian:14suricata1:7.0.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-23835
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSsuricatano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-23835
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSsuricatano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-23835
Ubuntu:25.10suricatano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-23835
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSsuricatano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-23835
Ubuntu:26.10suricatano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-23835

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
OISF suricata >= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.2

Weakness: CWE-400, CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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