Improper Exclusion of First Byte in MemcmpLowercase Function in Suricata

CVE-2015-8954 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The MemcmpLowercase function in Suricata before 2.0.6 improperly excludes the first byte from comparisons, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intrusion-prevention functionality via a crafted HTTP request.

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