CVE-2006-5276: Buffer Overflow
First published: Mon Feb 19 2007(Updated: )
Description of problem: Sourcefire has learned of a remotely exploitable vulnerability in the Snort DCE/RPC preprocessor. This preprocessor is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow that could potentially allow attackers to execute code with the same privileges as the Snort binary. Sourcefire has prepared updates for Snort open-source software to address this issue. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Snort Versions Affected: * Snort 2.6.1, 2.6.1.1, and 2.6.1.2 * Snort 2.7.0 beta 1 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/2.7.0.1 | <3. | 3. |
| Snort Snort | =2.6.1 | |
| Sourcefire Intrusion Sensor | =4.6 | |
| Sourcefire Intrusion Sensor | =4.5 | |
| Sourcefire Intrusion Sensor | =4.1 | |
| Sourcefire Intrusion Sensor | =4.1 | |
| Snort Snort | <=2.6.1.2 | |
| Snort Snort | =2.6.1.1 | |
| Sourcefire Intrusion Sensor | =4.6 | |
| Snort Snort | =2.7_beta1 | |
| Sourcefire Intrusion Sensor | =4.5 |
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Reference Links
- http://iss.net/threats/257.html
- http://www.snort.org/docs/advisory-2007-02-19.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-050A.html
- http://www116.nortelnetworks.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2007/08/021923-01.pdf
- http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=540173
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-01.xml
- http://www.osvdb.org/32094
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017669
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017670
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24190
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24235
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24239
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24240
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24272
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=229265
- http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-206.shtml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/196240
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22616
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26746
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0668
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0656
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31275
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3362
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461810/100/0/threaded
- collector/nvd-historical
- vendor/snort
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- agent/tags
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- source/Red Hat
- alias/CVE-2006-5276
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- version/snort snort/2.6.1
- version/sourcefire intrusion sensor/4.6
- version/sourcefire intrusion sensor/4.5
- version/sourcefire intrusion sensor/4.1
- version/snort snort/2.6.1.2
- version/snort snort/2.6.1.1
- version/snort snort/2.7_beta1
- package-manager/redhat