CVE-2006-2769

Public Exploit

Description

The HTTP Inspect preprocessor (http_inspect) in Snort 2.4.0 through 2.4.4 allows remote attackers to bypass "uricontent" rules via a carriage return (\r) after the URL and before the HTTP declaration.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 17.59% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory suse.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435872/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435734/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.demarc.com/support/downloads/patch_20060531 patch exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/20766 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18200 exploit vdb entry patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/20413 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435600/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2119 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1018 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26855 vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/25837 exploit vdb entry patch
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0008.html vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016191 exploit vdb entry patch
http://marc.info/?l=snort-devel&m=114909074311462&w=2 mailing list
http://www.snort.org/pub-bin/snortnews.cgi#431
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435797/100/0/threaded mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-2769?
CVE-2006-2769 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2769?
To fix CVE-2006-2769, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-2769 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-2769 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~18% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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