UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18956

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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
Upstream
Published
2018-11-05T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:47:16Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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:16.04:LTS / suricata

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown 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 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "suricata",
            "binary_version": "3.0-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18956.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / suricata

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

3.*
3.2-2ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libhtp-0.5.23-1",
            "binary_version": "3.2-2ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "suricata",
            "binary_version": "3.2-2ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "suricata-hyperscan",
            "binary_version": "3.2-2ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "suricata-oinkmaster",
            "binary_version": "3.2-2ubuntu3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18956.json"