CVE-2006-6931

Algorithmic 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."
References
Link Resource
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2007-January/003954.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23716
http://secunia.com/advisories/24164
http://secunia.com/advisories/24338
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-03.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017508
http://www.acsac.org/2006/abstracts/54.html
http://www.acsac.org/2006/advance_program.html
http://www.acsac.org/2006/papers/54.pdf Vendor Advisory
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/acsac2006.pdf Vendor Advisory
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/randy_smith_acsac2006.zip
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:051
http://www.osvdb.org/32096
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21991
http://www.snort.org/pub-bin/snortnews.cgi
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31430
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2007-January/003954.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23716
http://secunia.com/advisories/24164
http://secunia.com/advisories/24338
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-03.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017508
http://www.acsac.org/2006/abstracts/54.html
http://www.acsac.org/2006/advance_program.html
http://www.acsac.org/2006/papers/54.pdf Vendor Advisory
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/acsac2006.pdf Vendor Advisory
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/randy_smith_acsac2006.zip
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:051
http://www.osvdb.org/32096
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21991
http://www.snort.org/pub-bin/snortnews.cgi
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31430
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:snort:snort:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 00:23

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2007-January/003954.html - () http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2007-January/003954.html -
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/23716 - () http://secunia.com/advisories/23716 -
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/24164 - () http://secunia.com/advisories/24164 -
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/24338 - () http://secunia.com/advisories/24338 -
References () http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-03.xml - () http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-03.xml -
References () http://securitytracker.com/id?1017508 - () http://securitytracker.com/id?1017508 -
References () http://www.acsac.org/2006/abstracts/54.html - () http://www.acsac.org/2006/abstracts/54.html -
References () http://www.acsac.org/2006/advance_program.html - () http://www.acsac.org/2006/advance_program.html -
References () http://www.acsac.org/2006/papers/54.pdf - Vendor Advisory () http://www.acsac.org/2006/papers/54.pdf - Vendor Advisory
References () http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/acsac2006.pdf - Vendor Advisory () http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/acsac2006.pdf - Vendor Advisory
References () http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/randy_smith_acsac2006.zip - () http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/randy_smith_acsac2006.zip -
References () http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:051 - () http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:051 -
References () http://www.osvdb.org/32096 - () http://www.osvdb.org/32096 -
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21991 - () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21991 -
References () http://www.snort.org/pub-bin/snortnews.cgi - () http://www.snort.org/pub-bin/snortnews.cgi -
References () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31430 - () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31430 -

Information

Published : 2007-01-16 23:28

Updated : 2024-11-21 00:23


NVD link : CVE-2006-6931

Mitre link : CVE-2006-6931

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2006-6931


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Products Affected

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