CVE-2007-0251

Publication date 16 January 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Integer underflow in the DecodeGRE function in src/decode.c in Snort 2.6.1.2 allows remote attackers to trigger dereferencing of certain memory locations via crafted GRE packets, which may cause corruption of log files or writing of sensitive information into log files.

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Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
snort 7.10 gutsy
Not affected
7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.10 edgy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

Notes

jdstrand

according to http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22004/solution, Version 1.131 of ‘src/decode.c’, as of January 10, 2007 in the Snort CVS repository, contains a fix to address this issue.

fujitsu

we never had the vulnerable release.