CVE-2024-28870CWE-770

Suricata uses excessive resource use in malformed ssh traffic parsing

High · published April 3, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
47.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine developed by the OISF and the Suricata community. When parsing an overly long SSH banner, Suricata can use excessive CPU resources, as well as cause excessive logging volume in alert records. This issue has been patched in versions 6.0.17 and 7.0.4.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00586 · 47.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Published
2024-04-03T21:13Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 APR 21:13Z
    Suricata uses excessive resource use in malformed ssh traffic parsing
    cvelistv5