CVE-2006-6931
N/A
Published: January 16, 2007 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:34 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSnort
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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."
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (16)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2007-January/003954.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-03.xmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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