Upstream information

CVE-2004-2652 at MITRE

Description

The DecodeTCPOptions function in decode.c in Snort before 2.3.0, when printing TCP/IP options using FAST output or verbose mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via packets with invalid TCP/IP options, which trigger a null dereference.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.8
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 64545 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 01:39:27 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:37 2025