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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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-01-16T23:00:00

Updated: 2017-07-28T12:57:01

Reserved: 2007-01-16T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2006-6931

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-01-16T23:28:00.000

Modified: 2017-07-29T01:29:44.203


Link: CVE-2006-6931

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