CVE Catalog

CVE-2000-1226

Medium
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.26%

68th percentile - higher than 68% of all known CVEs

Summary

Snort 1.6, when running in straight ASCII packet logging mode or IDS mode with straight decoded ASCII packet logging selected, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending non-IP protocols that Snort does not know about, as demonstrated by an nmap protocol scan.

Risk Assessment

A remote attacker can crash the Snort intrusion detection system, potentially disrupting network security monitoring and allowing other attacks to go unnoticed.

Recommendation

Update Snort to a newer version or disable ASCII packet logging mode if not required.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Snort 1.6, when running in straight ASCII packet logging mode or IDS mode with straight decoded ASCII packet logging selected, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending non-IP protocols that Snort does not know about, as demonstrated by an nmap protocol scan.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS