Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 20, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2015-8954

Description

The MemcmpLowercase function in Suricata before 2.0.6 improperly excludes the first byte from comparisons, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intrusion-prevention functionality via a crafted HTTP request.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdThird Party Advisory
redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/1364nvdThird Party Advisory
suricata-ids.org/2015/01/15/suricata-2-0-6-available/nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory

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