CVE-2006-6931 (GCVE-0-2006-6931)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-01-16 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:42
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
16 references
Date Public
2006-12-12 00:00
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