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CVE-2018-1000167

N/A
Published: April 18, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:32 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSuricata Update

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

OISF suricata-update version 1.0.0a1 contains an Insecure Deserialization vulnerability in the insecure yaml.load-Function as used in the following files: config.py:136, config.py:142, sources.py:99 and sources.py:131. The "list-sources"-command is affected by this bug. that can result in Remote Code Execution(even as root if suricata-update is called by root). This attack appears to be exploitable via a specially crafted yaml-file at https://www.openinfosecfoundation.org/rules/index.yaml. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.0.0b1.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/2359
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://tech.feedyourhead.at/content/remote-code-execution-in-suricata-update

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-502

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