# CVE-2018-6794: Suricata before 4.0.4 is prone to an HTTP detection bypass vulnerability in detect.c and stream-tcp.c.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2018-02-07 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Suricata before 4.0.4 is prone to an HTTP detection bypass vulnerability in detect.c and stream-tcp.c. If a malicious server breaks a normal TCP flow and sends data before the 3-way handshake is complete, then the data sent by the malicious server will be accepted by web clients such as a web browser or Linux CLI utilities, but ignored by Suricata IDS signatures. This mostly affects IDS signatures for the HTTP protocol and TCP stream content; signatures for TCP packets will inspect such network traffic as usual.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/pull/3202/commits/e1ef57c848bbe4e567d5d4b66d346a742e3f77a1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00000.html
- https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/2427
- https://suricata-ids.org/2018/02/14/suricata-4-0-4-available/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44247/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44247

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