Cisco Snort++ Protocol Decoder resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Cisco Snort++. Affected is an unknown function of the component Protocol Decoder. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2017-6657. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco Snort++ (affected version not known). This affects some unknown functionality of the component Protocol Decoder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability.

The bug was discovered 05/15/2017. The weakness was disclosed 05/15/2017 as cisco-sa-20170515-snort as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-6657 since 03/09/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Applying the patch BUILD_233 is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityTracker (ID 1038483†). Further details are available at blog.snort.org. The entry VDB-101398 is pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Patch: BUILD_233

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20170515-snort
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-6657 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-6657
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-101397
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-6657 - Cisco - Snort - Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038483

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/16/2017 12:39
Updated: 12/24/2020 13:52
Changes: 05/16/2017 12:39 (71), 09/28/2020 20:27 (4), 12/24/2020 13:52 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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