UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18956

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18956
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18956.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18956
Related
Published
2018-11-05T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:41Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The ProcessMimeEntity function in util-decode-mime.c in Suricata 4.x before 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segfault and daemon crash) via crafted input to the SMTP parser, as exploited in the wild in November 2018.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / suricata

Package

Name
suricata
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/suricata@3.0-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.8-1build1
2.0.9-1
2.0.10-1
2.0.10-2
2.0.11-1

3.*

3.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / suricata

Package

Name
suricata
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/suricata@3.2-2ubuntu3?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.2-2ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}