CVE-2006-6931

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-6931
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-01-16 23:28:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-29 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionAlgorithmic 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."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Snort Snort All All All All

References

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Just a moment... CONFIRM www.snort.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/randy_smith_acsac2006.zip MISC www.cs.wisc.edu
www.acsac.org/2006/advance_program.html MISC www.acsac.org
32096 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
[Dailydave] Algorithmic Bugs MLIST lists.immunitysec.com
Gentoo update for snort - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Snort: Denial of Service GENTOO security.gentoo.org
www.acsac.org/2006/papers/54.pdf MISC www.acsac.org Vendor Advisory
Snort Backtracking Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Snort Rule Matching Backtrack Denial of Service Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Mandriva update for snort - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
ACSAC (www.acsac.org): Backtracking Algorithmic Complexity Attacks Against a NIDS MISC www.acsac.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Snort Rule Matching Complexity Lets Remote Users Deny Service via Backtracking Attacks SECTRACK securitytracker.com
www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/acsac2006.pdf MISC www.cs.wisc.edu Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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