CVE-2018-18956 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2018-11-05

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:suricata-ids:suricata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-10660	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01143.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://lists.openinfosecfoundation.org/pipermail/oisf-users/2018-November/016316.html
https://lists.openinfosecfoundation.org/pipermail/oisf-users/2018-October/016227.html
https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/2658#change-10374

History

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Subscriptions

Suricata-ids Suricata

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-11-05T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T11:23:08.491Z

Reserved: 2018-11-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-18956

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-11-05T21:29:00.257

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:56:56.607

Link: CVE-2018-18956

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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