[Secure-testing-team] Bug#553584: CVE-2009-3641: DoS while printing specially-crafted IPv6 packet using the -v option

[Giuseppe Iuculano]

Package: snort
Severity: grave
Tags: security

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Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for snort.

CVE-2009-3641[0]:
| Snort before 2.8.5.1, when the -v option is enabled, allows remote
| attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a
| crafted IPv6 packet that uses the (1) TCP or (2) ICMP protocol.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3641
    http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3641


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