CVE-2024-23835 Suricata's pgsql: memory exhaustion use on record parsing

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause denial of service in Suricata by triggering excessive memory usage during PostgreSQL protocol parsing.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2024-23835?

CVE-2024-23835 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 26 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to version 7.0.3, excessive memory use during pgsql parsing could lead to OOM-related crashes. This vulnerability is patched in 7.0.3. As workaround, users can disable the pgsql app layer parser.

Weakness: CWE-770, CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23835?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Oisf Suricata.

How do I fix CVE-2024-23835?

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-2024-23835 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23835 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-23835, GHSA-8583-353f-mvwc, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-23835.

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