CVE-2007-0251

Summary

CVECVE-2007-0251
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-01-16 23:28:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-16 16:32:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger underflow in the DecodeGRE function in src/decode.c in Snort 2.6.1.2 allows remote attackers to trigger dereferencing of certain memory locations via crafted GRE packets, which may cause corruption of log files or writing of sensitive information into log files.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Snort Snort 2.6.1.2 All All All
Application Snort Snort 2.6.1.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
32095 OSVDB osvdb.org
Calyptix Your Simple and Powerful Network Security Solution MISC labs.calyptix.com
Snort GRE Packet Decoding Integer Underflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Just a moment... CONFIRM www.snort.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Snort Integer Underflow in Processing the GRE Protocol May Let Remote Users Corrupt Log Files SECTRACK securitytracker.com
SecurityReason - Snort 2.6.1.2 Integer Underflow Vulnerability SREASON securityreason.com
33464 OSVDB osvdb.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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