An issue was discovered in Suricata before 3.1.2. If an ICMPv4 error packet is received as the first packet on a flow in the to_client direction, it confuses the rule grouping lookup logic. The toclient inspection will then continue with the wrong rule group. This can lead to missed detection.
{
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:suricata-ids:suricata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"source": "CPE_RANGE",
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.1.2"
}
]
}