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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-10728

An issue was discovered in Suricata before 3.1.2. If an ICMPv4 error packet is received as the first packet on a flow in the to_client direction, it confuses the rule grouping lookup logic. The toclient inspection will then continue with the wrong rule group. This can lead to missed detection.

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CVE-2016-10728

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Jul 2018, 20:29 UTC

An issue was discovered in Suricata before 3.1.2. If an ICMPv4 error packet is received as the first packet on a flow in the to_client direction, it confuses the rule grouping lookup logic. The toclient inspection will then continue with the wrong rule group. This can lead to missed detection.

osv:CVE-2016-10728
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10728",
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    "summary": "An issue was discovered in Suricata before 3.1.2. If an ICMPv4 error packet is received as the first packet on a flow in the to_client direction, it confuses the rule grouping lookup logic. The toclient inspection will then continue with the wrong rule group. This can lead to missed detection.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-10728",
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        }
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      "affected": [
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:00.472943141Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00019.html",
        "https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/1880",
        "https://suricata-ids.org/2016/09/07/suricata-3-1-2-released/",
        "https://github.com/kirillwow/ids_bypass"
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      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439554,
  "published_at": "2018-07-23T20:29:00.24+00:00"
}