CVE-2008-1804

Summary

CVECVE-2008-1804
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-05-22 13:09:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-08 01:30:00 UTC
Descriptionpreprocessors/spp_frag3.c in Sourcefire Snort before 2.8.1 does not properly identify packet fragments that have dissimilar TTL values, which allows remote attackers to bypass detection rules by using a different TTL for each fragment.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Snort Snort All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: snort-2.8.1-3.fc8 FEDORA www.redhat.com
IPCop update for various packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Snort Bug in Processing Fragmented Packets Lets Remote Users Evade Detection - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: snort-2.8.1-3.fc9 FEDORA www.redhat.com
IPCop 1.4.19 / 1.4.20 released :: IPCop.org :: The bad packets stop here! CONFIRM www.ipcop.org
Snort Fragmented IP Packets TTL Security Bypass - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
snort/src/preprocessors/spp_frag3.c - diff - 1.46.2.5 CONFIRM cvs.snort.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: snort-2.8.1-3.fc7 FEDORA www.redhat.com
Webmail- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
cvs.snort.org/viewcvs.cgi/snort/ChangeLog CONFIRM cvs.snort.org
20080521 Multiple Vendor Snort IP Fragment TTL Evasion Vulnerability IDEFENSE labs.idefense.com
Snort Time To Live Fragment Reassembly Security Bypass Weakness BID www.securityfocus.com
Fedora update for snort - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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