Vulnerability · Published May 7, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2024-32663Suricata 's http2 parser contains an improper compressed header handling can lead to resource starvation

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 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 38.4% 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 7.0.5 and 6.0.19, a small amount of HTTP/2 traffic can lead to Suricata using a large amount of memory. The issue has been addressed in Suricata 7.0.5 and 6.0.19. Workarounds include disabling the HTTP/2 parser and reducing `app-layer.protocols.http2.max-table-size` value (default is 65536).

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20suricata7.0.6-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-32663
Alpine:v3.21suricata7.0.6-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-32663
Alpine:v3.22suricata7.0.6-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-32663
Alpine:v3.23suricata7.0.6-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-32663
Alpine:v3.24suricata7.0.6-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-32663
Debian:13suricata1:7.0.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-32663
Debian:14suricata1:7.0.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-32663
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSsuricatano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-32663
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSsuricatano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-32663
Ubuntu:25.10suricatano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-32663
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSsuricatano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-32663
Ubuntu:26.10suricatano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-32663

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
OISF suricata >= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.4>= 6.0.0, <= 6.0.18

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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