CVE-2018-10242
Suricata version 4.0.4 incorrectly handles the parsing of the SSH banner.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.75%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Suricata version 4.0.4 incorrectly handles the parsing of the SSH banner. A malformed SSH banner can cause the parsing code to read beyond the allocated data because SSHParseBanner in app-layer-ssh.c lacks a length check.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.75% probability · 78th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- oisf/suricata · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.8% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://suricata-ids.org/2018/07/18/suricata-4-0-5-available/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://suricata-ids.org/2018/07/18/suricata-4-0-5-available/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.