# CVE-2024-23835: Suricata's pgsql: memory exhaustion use on record parsing

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-02-26 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- OISF suricata: from 7.0.0, through 7.0.2

## Description

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to version 7.0.3, excessive memory use during pgsql parsing could lead to OOM-related crashes. This vulnerability is patched in 7.0.3. As workaround, users can disable the pgsql app layer parser.

## What to do

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

- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-8583-353f-mvwc
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/86de7cffa7e8f06fe9d600127e7dabe89c7e81dd
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/f52c033e566beafb4480c139eb18662a2870464f
- https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/6411
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GOCOBFUTIFHOP2PZOH4ENRFXRBHIRKK4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZXJIT7R53ZXROO3I256RFUWTIW4ECK6P/

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