CVE-2013-5919 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Suricata by sending a malformed SSL record, requiring an upgrade to mitigate the denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-5919?
CVE-2013-5919 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oisf Suricata, published on 30 May 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Suricata before 1.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed SSL record.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5919?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Oisf Suricata, Openinfosecfoundation Suricata.
How do I fix CVE-2013-5919?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2013-5919 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5919 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Oisf Suricata
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-5919, GHSA-7h5g-v8pf-26hq.