High severity · published Dec 16, 2021
CVE-2021-45098
An issue was discovered in Suricata before 6.0.4
7.5
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Suricata before 6.0.4. It is possible to bypass/evade any HTTP-based signature by faking an RST TCP packet with random TCP options of the md5header from the client side. After the three-way handshake, it's possible to inject an RST ACK with a random TCP md5header option. Then, the client can send an HTTP GET request with a forbidden URL. The server will ignore the RST ACK and send the response HTTP packet for the client's request. These packets will not trigger a Suricata reject action.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
SU
Suricata · Oisf
before 6.0.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45098
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45098
Release Notes
https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-6-0-4-and-5-0-8-released/1942
Patch
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/50e2b973eeec7172991bf8f544ab06fb782b97df
Release Notes
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/releases
Exploit
https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/4710
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00029.html
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