CVE-2006-6931

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"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31430", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2007-January/003954.html", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/23716", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/24164", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/24338", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-03.xml", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1017508", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "http://www.acsac.org/2006/abstracts/54.html", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "http://www.acsac.org/2006/advance_program.html", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "http://www.acsac.org/2006/papers/54.pdf", 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"en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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.\""}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Vulnerabilidad de complejidad algor\u00edtmica en Snort anterior a 2.6.1, durante la evaluaci\u00f3n de un predicado en el chequeo de reglas para ciertas reglas, permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (consumo de CPU y parada de detecci\u00f3n) mediante tr\u00e1fico de red manipulado, tambi\u00e9n conocido como un \"ataque de vuelta hacia atr\u00e1s\" (backtracking attack)."}], "lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:snort:snort:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": 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