CVE-2006-6931 | BDVDB-2026-21572 Detail
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."
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21991
- http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/randy_smith_acsac2006.zip
- http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2007-January/003954.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24164
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24338
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31430
- http://www.osvdb.org/32096
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23716
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017508
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-03.xml
- http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/acsac2006.pdf
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:051
- http://www.acsac.org/2006/advance_program.html
- http://www.acsac.org/2006/papers/54.pdf
- http://www.acsac.org/2006/abstracts/54.html
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Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.