01 Record
CVE-2009-3641
Snort before 2.8.5.1, when the -v option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted IPv6 packet that uses the (1) TCP or (2) ICMP protocol.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Snort before 2.8.5.1, when the -v option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted IPv6 packet that uses the (1) TCP or (2) ICMP protocol.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 38.77% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-10-28 14:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:38Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-10-09
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c53bb5a967a08be181d814e8cb7f072956681b2c7f0afb903793720a5886e859
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.osvdb.org59159http://www.osvdb.org/59159
- www.securityfocus.com36795http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36795
- securitytracker.com1023076http://securitytracker.com/id?1023076
- dl.snort.orghttp://dl.snort.org/snort-current/release_notes_2851.txt
- secunia.com37135http://secunia.com/advisories/37135
- marc.info[oss-security] 20091025 CVE Request -- Snort - 2.8.5.1http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125649553414700&w=2
- vrt-sourcefire.blogspot.comhttp://vrt-sourcefire.blogspot.com/2009/10/snort-2851-release.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-3014http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3014
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsnort-ipv6-dos(53912)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53912
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091025 SANS: Security Thought LeadersRe: CVE Request -- Snort - 2.8.5.1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/25/5
- seclists.org20091022 Snort <= 2.8.5 IPV6 Remote DoShttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Oct/299
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530863