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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."
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
21991
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/randy_smith_acsac2006.zip
x_refsource_MISC
[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
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/acsac2006.pdf
x_refsource_MISC
MDKSA-2007:051
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.acsac.org/2006/advance_program.html
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.acsac.org/2006/papers/54.pdf
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.acsac.org/2006/abstracts/54.html
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.snort.org/pub-bin/snortnews.cgi
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