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CVE-2006-6931

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2007-01-16 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in Snort before 2.6.1, during predicate evaluation in rule matching for certain rules, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and detection outage) via crafted network traffic, aka a "backtracking attack."

Affected Platforms

Snort Snort

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References