| Name | CVE-2007-0251 |
| Description | Integer underflow in the DecodeGRE function in src/decode.c in Snort 2.6.1.2 allows remote attackers to trigger dereferencing of certain memory locations via crafted GRE packets, which may cause corruption of log files or writing of sensitive information into log files. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| snort (PTS) | stretch | 2.9.7.0-5 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.9.20-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| snort | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- snort <not-affected> (DecodeGRE function not in unstable version)
unstable contains version 2.3.3-11, and the last upstream is 2.6.1.2
This is fixed in upstream CVS so it's very likely to never affect Debian.