UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8954

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8954
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8954.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8954
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:20Z
Published
2017-03-20T16:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:18:34.212470Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The MemcmpLowercase function in Suricata before 2.0.6 improperly excludes the first byte from comparisons, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intrusion-prevention functionality via a crafted HTTP request.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / suricata

Package

Name
suricata
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/suricata@3.0-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.0-1

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.8-1build1
2.0.9-1
2.0.10-1
2.0.10-2
2.0.11-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "suricata",
            "binary_version": "3.0-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "suricata-dbg",
            "binary_version": "3.0-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "suricata-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "3.0-1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8954.json"