In Suricata before 6.0.13 (when there is an adversary who controls an external source of rules), a dataset filename, that comes from a rule, may trigger absolute or relative directory traversal, and lead to write access to a local filesystem. This is addressed in 6.0.13 by requiring allow-absolute-filenames and allow-write (in the datasets rules configuration section) if an installation requires traversal/writing in this situation.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4103 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4103-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                    Thorsten Alteholz     March 31, 2025                                https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : suricata     Version        : 1:6.0.1-3+deb11u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2021-45098 CVE-2023-35852 CVE-2024-32663                      CVE-2024-37151 CVE-2024-45796 CVE-2024-55626                      CVE-2025-29918


    Several issues have been found in suricata, the next Generation Intrusion     Detection and Prevention Tool. They are related to bypass of HTTP-based     signature, mishandling of multiple fragmented packets, logic errors,     infinite loops, buffer overflows, unintended file access and using large     amount of memory.



    For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version     1:6.0.1-3+deb11u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your suricata packages.

    For the detailed security status of suricata please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/suricata

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In Suricata before 6.0.13 (when there is an adversary who controls an external source of rules), a dataset     filename, that comes from a rule, may trigger absolute or relative directory traversal, and lead to write     access to a local filesystem. This is addressed in 6.0.13 by requiring allow-absolute-filenames and allow-     write (in the datasets rules configuration section) if an installation requires traversal/writing in this     situation. (CVE-2023-35852)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

An update of the suricata package has been released.

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

  - In Suricata before 6.0.13 (when there is an adversary who controls an external source of rules), a dataset
    filename, that comes from a rule, may trigger absolute or relative directory traversal, and lead to write
    access to a local filesystem. This is addressed in 6.0.13 by requiring allow-absolute-filenames and allow-
    write (in the datasets rules configuration section) if an installation requires traversal/writing in this
    situation. (CVE-2023-35852)

  - 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. (CVE-2023-35853)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
233594	Debian dla-4103 : suricata - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
226706	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-35852	Nessus	Misc.	high
204516	Photon OS 4.0: Suricata PHSA-2023-4.0-0468	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
203628	Photon OS 5.0: Suricata PHSA-2023-5.0-0091	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
407293	Alpine: multiple suricata packages: security update to 6.0.15-r0	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	critical
407293	Alpine: multiple suricata packages: security update to 6.0.15-r0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	critical

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