CVE-2017-6657

Cisco Sourcefire Snort 3.0 before build 233 mishandles Ether Type Validation

published May 16, 2017

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
64.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Cisco Sourcefire Snort 3.0 before build 233 mishandles Ether Type Validation. Since valid ether type and IP protocol numbers do not overlap, Snort++ stores all protocol decoders in a single array. That makes it possible to craft packets that have IP protocol numbers in the ether type field which will confuse the Snort++ decoder. For example, an eth:llc:snap:icmp6 packet will cause a crash because there is no ip6 header with which to calculate the icmp6 checksum. Affected decoders include gre, llc, trans_bridge, ciscometadata, linux_sll, and token_ring. The fix adds a check in the packet manager to validate the ether type before indexing the decoder array. An out of range ether type will raise 116:473.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01060 · 64.1th percentile
Published
2017-05-16T17:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 MAY 17:00Z
    Cisco Sourcefire Snort 3.0 before build 233 mishandles Ether Type Validation
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