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CVE-2017-6658 Details

Description

Cisco Sourcefire Snort 3.0 before build 233 has a Buffer Overread related to use of a decoder array. The size was off by one making it possible to read past the end of the array with an ether type of 0xFFFF. Increasing the array size solves this problem.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://blog.snort.org/2017/05/snort-vulnerabilities-found.html CVEThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038483 CVE
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170515-snort [email protected]Vendor Advisory
http://blog.snort.org/2017/05/snort-vulnerabilities-found.html [email protected]Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038483 [email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
cisco sourcefire snort
3.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:sourcefire_snort:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-6658
NVD Published Date:
May 16, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]