fkie_cve-2006-6931
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2007-01-16 23:28
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2007-January/003954.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23716
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/24164
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/24338
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-03.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1017508
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.acsac.org/2006/abstracts/54.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.acsac.org/2006/advance_program.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.acsac.org/2006/papers/54.pdfVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/acsac2006.pdfVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/randy_smith_acsac2006.zip
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:051
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/32096
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21991
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.snort.org/pub-bin/snortnews.cgi
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31430
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2007-January/003954.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23716
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/24164
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/24338
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-03.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1017508
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.acsac.org/2006/abstracts/54.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.acsac.org/2006/advance_program.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.acsac.org/2006/papers/54.pdfVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/acsac2006.pdfVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/randy_smith_acsac2006.zip
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:051
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/32096
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21991
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.snort.org/pub-bin/snortnews.cgi
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31430
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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    {
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        {
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            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:snort:snort:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "020FACB7-031C-43A3-A138-61E0C24F467D",
              "versionEndIncluding": "2.6.2",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
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          "operator": "OR"
        }
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  ],
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      "value": "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.\""
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Vulnerabilidad de complejidad algor\u00edtmica en Snort anterior a 2.6.1, durante la evaluaci\u00f3n de un predicado en el chequeo de reglas para ciertas reglas, permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (consumo de CPU y parada de detecci\u00f3n) mediante tr\u00e1fico de red manipulado, tambi\u00e9n conocido como un \"ataque de vuelta hacia atr\u00e1s\" (backtracking attack)."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2006-6931",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
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        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
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          "accessComplexity": "LOW",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "baseScore": 5.0,
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
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        "impactScore": 2.9,
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}


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