VDB-1745 · EDB 1213 · SA16786

Snort up to 2.4.1 Verbose Mode PrintTcpOptions TCP SACK Packet denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Snort up to 2.4.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function PrintTcpOptions of the component Verbose Mode. The manipulation as part of a TCP SACK Packet leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was published 09/13/2005 by Jennifer Steffens with Snort Team (Website). The advisory is shared at snort.org. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at snort.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (1213).

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CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: snort.org

Timelineinfo

09/11/2005 🔍
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07/04/2019 +5041 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: snort.org
Researcher: Jennifer Steffens
Organization: Snort Team
Status: Not defined
Secunia: 16786 - Snort TCP SACK Option Handling Denial of Service, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 19346 - Snort TCP SACK Option PrintTcpOptions() Crafted Packet DoS

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 09/13/2005 13:11
Updated: 07/04/2019 12:44
Changes: 09/13/2005 13:11 (57), 07/04/2019 12:44 (4)
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