CVE-2017-15377
HighSummary
In Suricata before version 4.x, it was possible to trigger many redundant checks on the content of crafted network traffic due to a bug in DetectEngineContentInspection. The search engine did not stop when no match was found, leading to exceeding the inspection recursion limit.
Risk Assessment
The organization may be exposed to excessive system load and potential delays in processing network traffic, which could impact the performance and availability of services.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update Suricata to version 4.x or newer to eliminate this vulnerability and minimize the risk associated with excessive system load.
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Original NVD description (English source)
In Suricata before 4.x, it was possible to trigger lots of redundant checks on the content of crafted network traffic with a certain signature, because of DetectEngineContentInspection in detect-engine-content-inspection.c. The search engine doesn't stop when it should after no match is found; instead, it stops only upon reaching inspection-recursion-limit (3000 by default).