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CVE-2008-1804

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Description

preprocessors/spp_frag3.c in Sourcefire Snort before 2.8.1 does not properly identify packet fragments that have dissimilar TTL values, which allows remote attackers to bypass detection rules by using a different TTL for each fragment.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00198.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00167.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00156.html

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42584

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1602

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29327

http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40

http://securitytracker.com/id?1020081

http://secunia.com/advisories/31204

http://secunia.com/advisories/30563

http://secunia.com/advisories/30348

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=701

http://cvs.snort.org/viewcvs.cgi/snort/src/preprocessors/spp_frag3.c.diff?r1=text&tr1=1.46.2.4&r2=text&tr2=1.46.2.5&diff_format=h

http://cvs.snort.org/viewcvs.cgi/snort/ChangeLog?rev=1.534.2.11

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-05-22

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00644

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