Vulnerability in Sourcefire Snort
CVE-2005-3252
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Back Orifice (BO) preprocessor for Snort before 2.4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted UDP packet.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.839 (99.7th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.836 · newest: 0.839 · change: +0.003
Affected products
- Sourcefire Snort — versions 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.2
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/175500 (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0505.html (mailing-list)
- www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jsp
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15131 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2138 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/17559 (third-party-advisory)
- xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/207 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/20034 (vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0010.html (mailing-list)
- www.snort.org/docs/change_logs/2.4.3/Changelog.txt
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2005-3252?
- CVE-2005-3252 is a vulnerability in Sourcefire Snort. Published 2005-10-18.
- Is CVE-2005-3252 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.