Vulnerability record · CVE-2019-16411 · published 24 September 2019
CVE-2019-16411: Suricata-ids suricata out-of-bounds read vulnerability
SSuricata Ids · Suricata
An issue was discovered in Suricata 4.1.4. By sending multiple IPv4 packets that have invalid IPv4Options, the function IPV4OptValidateTimestamp in decode-ipv4.c tries to access a memory region that is not allocated. There is a check for o->len < 5 (corresponding to 2 bytes of header and 3 bytes of data). Then, "flag = *(o->data + 3)" places one beyond the 3 bytes, because the code should have been "flag = *(o->data + 1)" instead.
Description
An issue was discovered in Suricata 4.1.4. By sending multiple IPv4 packets that have invalid IPv4Options, the function IPV4OptValidateTimestamp in decode-ipv4.c tries to access a memory region that is not allocated. There is a check for o->len < 5 (corresponding to 2 bytes of header and 3 bytes of data). Then, "flag = *(o->data + 3)" places one beyond the 3 bytes, because the code should have been "flag = *(o->data + 1)" instead.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://lists.openinfosecfoundation.org/pipermail/oisf-announce/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://suricata-ids.org/2019/09/24/suricata-4-1-5-released/ | Release NotesVendor Advisory |
| https://www.code-intelligence.com/cve-2019-16411 | |
| https://lists.openinfosecfoundation.org/pipermail/oisf-announce/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://suricata-ids.org/2019/09/24/suricata-4-1-5-released/ | Release NotesVendor Advisory |
| https://www.code-intelligence.com/cve-2019-16411 |
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Related vulnerabilities
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2019-16411), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-10). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.