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CVE-2024-38534

Suricata modbus: txs without responses are never freed

7.5 HighFix available

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Crafted modbus traffic can lead to unlimited resource accumulation within a flow. Upgrade to 7.0.6. Set a limited stream.reassembly.depth to reduce the issue.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.87%Up 0.8 points since Jul 12, 2024
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.5

Suricata modbus: txs without responses are never freed

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Crafted modbus traffic can lead to unlimited resource accumulation within a flow. Upgrade to 7.0.6. Set a limited stream.reassembly.depth to reduce the issue.

Record
CVE-2024-38534
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-770
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-37398 7.5

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Crafted modbus traffic can lead to unlimited resource accumulation within a flow. Upgrade to 7.0.6. Set a limited stream.reassembly.depth to reduce the issue.

Record
EUVD-2024-37398
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
NVD 7.5

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Crafted modbus traffic can lead to unlimited resource accumulation within a flow. Upgrade to 7.0.6. Set a limited stream.reassembly.depth to reduce the issue.

Record
CVE-2024-38534
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-770
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2024-38534 7.5

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Crafted modbus traffic can lead to unlimited resource accumulation within a flow. Upgrade to 7.0.6. Set a limited stream.reassembly.depth to reduce the issue.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2024-38534
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
OSV 7.5

Suricata modbus: txs without responses are never freed

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Crafted modbus traffic can lead to unlimited resource accumulation within a flow. Upgrade to 7.0.6. Set a limited stream.reassembly.depth to reduce the issue.

Record
CVE-2024-38534
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-770
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2024-38534 7.5

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Crafted modbus traffic can lead to unlimited resource accumulation within a flow. Upgrade to 7.0.6. Set a limited stream.reassembly.depth to reduce the issue.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38534
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38534 7.5

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Crafted modbus traffic can lead to unlimited resource accumulation within a flow. Upgrade to 7.0.6. Set a limited stream.reassembly.depth to reduce the issue.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38534
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2024-0306 No score

Updated suricata packages fix security vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-37151 Mishandling of multiple fragmented packets using the same IP ID value can lead to packet reassembly failure, which can lead to policy bypass. CVE-2024-38534 Crafted modbus traffic can lead to unlimited resource accumulation within a flow CVE-2024-38535, CVE-2024-38536 Suricata can run out of memory when parsing crafted HTTP/2 traffic.

Record
MGASA-2024-0306
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:15394-1 No score

libsuricata8_0_0-8.0.0-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libsuricata8_0_0-8.0.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:15394-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
suricata
Alpine:v3.20
 before 7.0.6-r0
7.0.6-r0
suricata
Alpine:v3.21
 before 7.0.6-r0
7.0.6-r0
suricata
Alpine:v3.22
 before 7.0.6-r0
7.0.6-r0
suricata
Alpine:v3.23
 before 7.0.6-r0
7.0.6-r0
suricata
Alpine:v3.24
 before 7.0.6-r0
7.0.6-r0
suricata
Debian:13
 before 1:7.0.6-1
1:7.0.6-1
suricata
Debian:14
 before 1:7.0.6-1
1:7.0.6-1
suricata
Mageia:9
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 6.0.20-1.mga9
6.0.20-1.mga9
suricata
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2.0.8-1build12.0.9-12.0.10-12.0.10-22.0.11-13.0-1
 None known
suricata
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
3.2-2ubuntu3
 None known
suricata
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
1:6.0.4-21:6.0.4-3
 None known
suricata
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
1:7.0.0-21:7.0.2-11:7.0.2-1build11:7.0.3-1build11:7.0.3-1build3
 None known
suricata
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 30 CVEs
 before 8.0.0-1.1
8.0.0-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
affected, aliases, referencesOSV
aliases, publishedEUVD
first indexedCVE List, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-38534 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Oisf Suricata, published July 11, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.87%, the 58th percentile. Fixed in suricata 7.0.6-r0.

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