CVE-2004-2652

Summary

CVECVE-2004-2652
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe DecodeTCPOptions function in decode.c in Snort before 2.3.0, when printing TCP/IP options using FAST output or verbose mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via packets with invalid TCP/IP options, which trigger a null dereference.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sourcefire Snort 2.1.0 All All All
Application Sourcefire Snort 2.1.1_rc1 All All All
Application Sourcefire Snort 2.1.3 All All All
Application Sourcefire Snort 2.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Félicitations ! Votre domaine a bien été créé chez OVH ! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.frsirt.com
www.osvdb.org/12578 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Exploit
Snort DecodeTCPOptions Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
'Snort Malformed TCP Options DoS' - SecuriTeam af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securiteam.com Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
TaoSecurity af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 taosecurity.blogspot.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Just a moment... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.snort.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Snort TCP/IP Options Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Exploit, Patch
Secunia - Advisories - Snort TCP/IP Options Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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