CVE-2015-8954

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / CVE-2015-8954

    CVE-2015-8954

    Published: 20 Mar 2017Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The MemcmpLowercase function in Suricata before 2.0.6 improperly excludes the first byte from comparisons, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intrusion-prevention functionality via a crafted HTTP request.

    References: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=777523, https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/1364, https://suricata-ids.org/2015/01/15/suricata-2-0-6-available/

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High