CVE-2008-1804

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1804
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-05-22 13:09:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Snort Snort All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cvs.snort.org/viewcvs.cgi/snort/ChangeLog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cvs.snort.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: snort-2.8.1-3.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Fedora update for snort - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
IPCop update for various packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Snort Time To Live Fragment Reassembly Security Bypass Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: snort-2.8.1-3.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IPCop 1.4.19 / 1.4.20 released :: IPCop.org :: The bad packets stop here! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ipcop.org
Snort Bug in Processing Fragmented Packets Lets Remote Users Evade Detection - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
snort/src/preprocessors/spp_frag3.c - diff - 1.46.2.5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cvs.snort.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: snort-2.8.1-3.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Snort Fragmented IP Packets TTL Security Bypass - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 labs.idefense.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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