CVE-2006-6931
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 16, 2007
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 16, 2007
Description
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."
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 21991vdb-entry
- http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/randy_smith_acsac2006.zip
- [dailydave] 20070110 Algorithmic Bugsmailing-list
- 24164third-party-advisory
- 24338third-party-advisory
- snort-rule-matching-dos(31430)vdb-entry
- 32096vdb-entry
- 23716third-party-advisory
- 1017508vdb-entry
- GLSA-200702-03vendor-advisory
- http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/acsac2006.pdf
- MDKSA-2007:051vendor-advisory
- http://www.acsac.org/2006/advance_program.html
- http://www.acsac.org/2006/papers/54.pdf
- http://www.acsac.org/2006/abstracts/54.html
- http://www.snort.org/pub-bin/snortnews.cgi
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