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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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2007-01-16T23:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T20:42:07.809Z
Reserved: 2007-01-16T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2006-6931
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2007-01-16T23:28:00.000
Modified: 2024-11-21T00:23:59.320
Link: CVE-2006-6931
Redhat
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