PT-2003-1321 · Snort · Snort

Jason V. Miller · Published 2003-03-07 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2003-0033

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Snort versions 1.8 through 1.9.x before 1.9.1

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the RPC preprocessor, which can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This is achieved through the use of fragmented RPC packets.

Recommendations For Snort versions 1.8 through 1.9.x before 1.9.1, update to version 1.9.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0033

DSA-297

Affected Products

Snort

References · 13

• http://linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-2944.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:029 · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105154530427824&w=2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/10956.php · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/6963 · Vendor Advisory
• http://iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=21951 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2003/dsa-297 · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104716001503409&w=2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0033 · Security Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/916785 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/4418 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104673386226064&w=2 · Note
• http://cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-13.html · Note