CVE-2015-8954: The MemcmpLowercase function in Suricata before 2.0.6 improperly excludes the first byte from comparisons, which might allow remote attackers to bypass…

PriorityP356critical9.8CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

3.26%

86.8th percentile

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.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	suricata	< suricata 2.0.6-1 (bookworm)	suricata 2.0.6-1 (bookworm)
oisf	suricata	>= 0 < 2.0.6-1	2.0.6-1
oisf	suricata	>= 0 < 2.0.6-1	2.0.6-1
oisf	suricata	>= 0 < 2.0.6-1	2.0.6-1
oisf	suricata	>= 0 < 2.0.6-1	2.0.6-1
openinfosecfoundation	suricata	<= 2.0.5	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv9.8CRITICAL

vendor_debian9.8CRITICAL

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