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CVE-2006-6931 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."


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2007-January/003954.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23716 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/24164 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/24338 CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-03.xml CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017508 CVE, MITRE
http://www.acsac.org/2006/abstracts/54.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.acsac.org/2006/advance_program.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.acsac.org/2006/papers/54.pdf CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/acsac2006.pdf CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/randy_smith_acsac2006.zip CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:051 CVE, MITRE
http://www.osvdb.org/32096 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21991 CVE, MITRE
http://www.snort.org/pub-bin/snortnews.cgi CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31430 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-6931
NVD Published Date:
01/16/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE