CVE-2024-55628 | Suricata oversized resource names utilizing DNS name compression can lead to resource starvation

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to version 7.0.8, DNS resource name compression can lead to small DNS messages containing very large hostnames which can be costly to decode, and lead to very large DNS log records. While there are limits in place, they were too generous. The issue has been addressed in Suricata 7.0.8.

Published: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2025-03-31 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-55628 is rated Moderate Risk (54.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.60%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-55628

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-12 0.54% 0.60% +0.06%
2 2026-02-14 0.41% 0.54% +0.13%
3 2026-01-20 — 0.41% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-55628

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-55628

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-55628

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2024-55628: 1 source package rows (suricata); 11 state rows across 3 repos (3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 3, open 8. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-55628
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-55628 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (suricata), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-55628
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-55628 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (suricata), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 4, not-affected 2, DNE 1, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-55628

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-55628

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oisf suricata < 7.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-55628

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