Bug 2218779 (CVE-2023-35853)

Summary:	CVE-2023-35853 suricata: an adversary who controls an external source of Lua rules may be able to execute Lua code
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	TEJ RATHI <trathi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	Keywords:	Security
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	Suricata 6.0.13	Doc Type:	---
Doc Text:	OISF Suricata could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper validation of external source of Lua rules. By using specially crafted Lua rules, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary Lua code on the system.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2023-07-04 07:45:04 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	2218782, 2218783
Bug Blocks:	2215922

Description TEJ RATHI 2023-06-30 06:47:52 UTC

In Suricata before 6.0.13, an adversary who controls an external source of Lua rules may be able to execute Lua code. This is addressed in 6.0.13 by disabling Lua unless allow-rules is true in the security lua configuration section.

https://www.stamus-networks.com/stamus-labs
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/compare/suricata-6.0.12...suricata-6.0.13
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/b95bbcc66db526ffcc880eb439dbe8abc87a81da

Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2023-06-30 06:49:09 UTC

Created suricata tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2218783]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2218782]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-07-04 07:45:03 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.