CVE-2006-6931

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."...

CVE-2006-6931

CVE-2006-6931 affects Snort before 2.6.1. The vulnerability arises during predicate evaluation in rule matching, enabling remote attackers to trigger CPU consumption and a detection outage (backtracking attack). Impact is a partial availability denial of service. Fixes are available in updated Sn...