Unrated severityOSV Advisory· Published Nov 5, 2018· Updated Aug 5, 2024

CVE-2018-18956

Description

The ProcessMimeEntity function in util-decode-mime.c in Suricata 4.x before 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segfault and daemon crash) via crafted input to the SMTP parser, as exploited in the wild in November 2018.

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Affected products

Oisf/SuricataOSV2 versions
suricata-4.0.0, suricata-4.0.1, suricata-4.0.2, …+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: suricata-4.0.0, suricata-4.0.1, suricata-4.0.2, …
- (no CPE)range: <=4.0.6

Patches

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References

lists.openinfosecfoundation.org/pipermail/oisf-users/2018-November/016316.htmlmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
lists.openinfosecfoundation.org/pipermail/oisf-users/2018-October/016227.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/2658mitrex_refsource_MISC

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