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Snort 'IPv6' Packet Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Linux)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host has Snort installed and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
This flaw is caused by an error when processing malformed IPv6 packets when the application is compiled with the '--enable-ipv6' option and is running in verbose mode (-v).
Affected Software
Affected Software
Snort version prior to 2.8.5.1 on Linux.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Snort version 2.8.5.1 or later.