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CVE-2006-6931

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CVE-2006-6931

Published: Jan 16, 2007

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in Snort before 2.6.1, during predicate evaluation in rule matching for certain rules, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and detection outage) via crafted network traffic, aka a "backtracking attack."

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

21991
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
[dailydave] 20070110 Algorithmic Bugs
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
24164
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
24338
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
snort-rule-matching-dos(31430)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
32096
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
23716
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
1017508
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
GLSA-200702-03
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
MDKSA-2007:051
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA

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