CVE-2018-10242 describes a high-severity vulnerability in Suricata versions prior to 4.0.5, specifically impacting the SSH banner parsing function. A lack of length checks in the SSHParseBanner function (app-layer-ssh.c) allows a remote attacker to craft a malformed SSH banner, leading to an out-of-bounds read. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high potential for impact (confidentiality) with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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