Vulnerability in Snort
CVE-2006-5276
Stack-based buffer overflow in the DCE/RPC preprocessor in Snort before 2.6.1.3, and 2.7 before beta 2; and Sourcefire Intrusion Sensor; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted SMB traffic.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.794 (99.6th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.794 · newest: 0.794 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Snort — versions 2.6.1, 2.6.1.1, 2.7_beta1
- Sourcefire Intrusion Sensor — versions 4.1, 4.5, 4.6
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-050A.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/196240 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www116.nortelnetworks.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2007/08/021923-01.pdf
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-01.xml (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26746 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461810/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/24190 (third-party-advisory)
- www.snort.org/docs/advisory-2007-02-19.html (Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/24239 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/24272 (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-5276?
- CVE-2006-5276 is a vulnerability in Snort. Published 2007-02-20.
- Is CVE-2006-5276 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.