Vulnerability in Oisf Suricata
CVE-2024-55628
Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to version 7.0.8, DNS resource name compression can lead to small DNS messages containing very large hostnames which can be costly to decode, and lead to very large DNS log records. While there are limits in place, they were too generous. The issue has been addressed in Suricata 7.0.8.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (51.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 51.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Oisf Suricata — versions < 7.0.8
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-96w4-jqwf-qx2j (Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/19cf0f81335d9f787d587450f7105ad95a648951 (Patch)
- github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/37f4c52b22fcdde4adf9b479cb5700f89d00768d (Patch)
- github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/3a5671739f5b25e5dd973a74ca5fd8ea40e1ae2d (Patch)
- redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/7280 (Permissions Required)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-55628?
- CVE-2024-55628 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oisf Suricata, classified under Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-01-06.
- How severe is CVE-2024-55628?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-55628 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.