Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-3641

Title: Snort Denial of Service (DoS)

Denial of Service (DoS)

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2009-3641

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Oct 28, 2009

Modified Date Apr 09, 2025

Exploit Status Available

Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

33.24%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2009-3641: 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.

Impacted Vendors

snort 1

martin_roesch 1

Reference Links

http://dl.snort.org/snort-current/release_notes_2851.txt http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125649553414700&w=2 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Oct/299 http://secunia.com/advisories/37135 http://securitytracker.com/id?1023076 http://vrt-sourcefire.blogspot.com/2009/10/snort-2851-release.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/25/5 http://www.osvdb.org/59159 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36795 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3014 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530863 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53912 http://dl.snort.org/snort-current/release_notes_2851.txt http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125649553414700&w=2 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Oct/299 http://secunia.com/advisories/37135 http://securitytracker.com/id?1023076 http://vrt-sourcefire.blogspot.com/2009/10/snort-2851-release.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/25/5 http://www.osvdb.org/59159 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36795 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3014 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530863 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53912

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2009-3641 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33306

View Code

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9969

View Code

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 28, 2009 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:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.