CVE-2018-1000167

HIGH

OISF suricata-update <1.0.0a1 - Insecure Deserialization

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/2359

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0416
EPSS Percentile 89.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-502
Status published
Products (2)
oisf/suricata-update 1.0.0a1
pypi/suricata-update 0 - 1.0.0b1PyPI
Published Apr 18, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026