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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-2769

The HTTP Inspect preprocessor (http_inspect) in Snort 2.4.0 through 2.4.4 allows remote attackers to bypass "uricontent" rules via a carriage return (\r) after the URL and before the HTTP declaration.

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 10.8%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.8%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The HTTP Inspect preprocessor (http_inspect) in Snort 2.4.0 through 2.4.4 allows remote attackers to bypass "uricontent" rules via a carriage return (\r) after the URL and before the HTTP declaration.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
10.81% probability · 96th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-264
Affected
sourcefire/snort
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.