VDB-34402 · CVE-2007-0251 · BID 22004

Snort 2.6.1.2 decodegre information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Snort 2.6.1.2 and classified as problematic. Impacted is the function decodegre. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2007-0251. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Snort 2.6.1.2 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function decodegre. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Integer underflow in the DecodeGRE function in src/decode.c in Snort 2.6.1.2 allows remote attackers to trigger dereferencing of certain memory locations via crafted GRE packets, which may cause corruption of log files or writing of sensitive information into log files.

The bug was discovered 01/06/2007. The weakness was disclosed 01/11/2007 by Chris Rohlf with Calyptix Security (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-0251 since 01/16/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 22004†), OSVDB (32095†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017507†). The entry VDB-85220 is pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/06/2007 🔍
01/11/2007 +5 days 🔍
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01/12/2007 +1 days 🔍
01/16/2007 +4 days 🔍
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02/24/2007 +39 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +2937 days 🔍
08/17/2018 +1254 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Chris Rohlf
Organization: Calyptix Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-0251 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0251
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34402
SecurityFocus: 22004 - Snort GRE Packet Decoding Integer Underflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 32095 - Snort DecodeGre() Integer Underflow
SecurityTracker: 1017507
Vupen: ADV-2007-0152

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 08/17/2018 07:03
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (56), 08/17/2018 07:03 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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