Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2006-6931 First vendor Publication 2007-01-16
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-07-29

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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."

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6931

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 18

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for snort MDKSA-2007:051 (snort)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_051.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200702-03 (snort)
File : nvt/glsa_200702_03.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
32096 Snort Rule Predicate Rule Matching Backtrack DoS

Snort contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when specially crafted network packets cause CPU consumption and detection outage, and will result in loss of availability for the service.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2007-03-02 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-051.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-15 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200702-03.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21991
CONFIRM http://www.snort.org/pub-bin/snortnews.cgi
GENTOO http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-03.xml
MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:051
MISC http://www.acsac.org/2006/abstracts/54.html
http://www.acsac.org/2006/advance_program.html
http://www.acsac.org/2006/papers/54.pdf
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/acsac2006.pdf
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/randy_smith_acsac2006.zip
MLIST http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2007-January/003954.html
OSVDB http://www.osvdb.org/32096
SECTRACK http://securitytracker.com/id?1017508
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/23716
http://secunia.com/advisories/24164
http://secunia.com/advisories/24338
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31430

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