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DEBIAN-CVE-2025-29917
DEBIAN-CVE-2025-29917
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. The bytes setting in the decode_base64 keyword is not properly limited. Due to this, signatures using the keyword and setting can cause large memory allocations of up to 4 GiB per thread. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.9.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | suricata | *, *, * |
| Debian:11 | suricata | 1:7.0.8-1~bpo12+1, 1:7.0.8-2, 1:7.0.9-1 |
| Debian:13 | suricata | 0, 0 |
| Debian:14 | suricata | 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Apr 10, 2025 CVE Published
- May 16, 2026 CVE Updated