Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-0839

Title: Sourcefire Snort

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2006-0839.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Feb 22, 2006

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.41%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-0839: The frag3 preprocessor in Sourcefire Snort 2.4.3 does not properly reassemble certain fragmented packets with IP options, which allows remote attackers to evade detection of certain attacks, possibly related to IP option lengths.

Impacted Vendors

martin_roesch 1

sourcefire 1

cisco 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/18959 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425290/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16705 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24811 http://secunia.com/advisories/18959 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425290/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16705 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24811

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-0839 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

February 22, 2006 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.