title: Suricata's pgsql: memory exhaustion use on record parsing
description: Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine.  Prior to version 7.0.3, excessive memory use during pgsql parsing could lead to OOM-related crashes.  This vulnerability is patched in 7.0.3.  As workaround, users can disable the pgsql app layer parser.
problem types: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
affected:
{
vendor: OISF
product: suricata
versions:
version: >= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.2, status: affected
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: NETWORK
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 7.5
baseSeverity: HIGH
confidentialityImpact: NONE
integrityImpact: NONE
privilegesRequired: NONE
scope: UNCHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
version: 3.1
]