CVE-2006-5276

Summary

CVECVE-2006-5276
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-02-20 01:28:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the DCE/RPC preprocessor in Snort before 2.6.1.3, and 2.7 before beta 2; and Sourcefire Intrusion Sensor; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted SMB traffic.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Snort Snort 2.6.1 All All All
Application Snort Snort 2.6.1.1 All All All
Application Snort Snort 2.7_beta1 All All All
Application Snort Snort All All All All
Application Sourcefire Intrusion Sensor 4.1 All All All
Application Sourcefire Intrusion Sensor 4.1 All crossbeam All
Application Sourcefire Intrusion Sensor 4.5 All All All
Application Sourcefire Intrusion Sensor 4.5 All crossbeam All
Application Sourcefire Intrusion Sensor 4.6 All All All
Application Sourcefire Intrusion Sensor 4.6 All crossbeam All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Sourcefire Snort Remote Buffer Overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 iss.net Vendor Advisory
Snort DCE/RPC Preprocessor Buffer Overflow - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Sourcefire Intrusion Sensor Buffer Overflow in DCE/RPC Preprocessor Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Fedora update for snort - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Snort: Remote execution of arbitrary code — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
www130.nortelnetworks.com/go/main.jsp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www130.nortelnetworks.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Snort 2.6.1 DCE/RPC Preprocessor Remote Buffer Overflow DoS Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Just a moment... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.snort.org Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#196240 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fedoranews.org
Snort/Sourcefire DCE/RPC Packet Reassembly Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Bug 229265 – CVE-2006-5276 Vulnerability in Snort DCE/RPC Preprocessor af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA07-050A -- Sourcefire Snort DCE/RPC Preprocessor Buffer Overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
www.osvdb.org/32094 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Sourcefire Intrusion Sensor DCE/RPC Preprocessor Buffer Overflow - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA24239 - Nortel Threat Protection System DCE/RPC Preprocessor Buffer Overflow - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Nortel: Technical Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www116.nortelnetworks.com
Gentoo update for snort - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Nortel Threat Protection System DCE/RPC Preprocessor Buffer Overflow - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Snort Buffer Overflow in DCE/RPC Preprocessor Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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