CVE-2006-6931
EPSS 4.7%
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."
How to fix CVE-2006-6931
To remediate CVE-2006-6931, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/snort—upgrade to 2.7.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2006-6931 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 4.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.7.0-1