CVE-2006-2769: sourcefire snort
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2006-2769 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in sourcefire snort. EPSS estimates a 10.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 5 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 02-06-2006PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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 metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
10.81%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
96%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 10.81% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
5 foundExploit Reference (demarc.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (osvdb.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- snort< 2.3.3-8
Sourcefire1 product
- snort2.4 | 2.4.1 | 2.4.2 | 2.4.3 | 2.4.4
2 vendors · 2 products
