Vulnerability in Sourcefire Snort
CVE-2006-0839
The frag3 preprocessor in Sourcefire Snort 2.4.3 does not properly reassemble certain fragmented packets with IP options, which allows remote attackers to evade detection of certain attacks, possibly related to IP option lengths.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (71.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 71.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sourcefire Snort — versions 2.4.3
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425290/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16705 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/18959 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24811 (vdb-entry)