DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18956

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18956

    Published: 5 Nov 2018Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-18956

    Summary:

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18956

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: suricata

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/suricata?arch=source&distro=trixie

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:4.0.6-1

    Affected versions

    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
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