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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-2769 · published 2 June 2006

CVE-2006-2769: Sourcefire snort permissions and access controls vulnerability

SSourcefire · Snort

The HTTP Inspect preprocessor (http_inspect) in Snort 2.4.0 through 2.4.4 allows remote attackers to bypass "uricontent" rules via a carriage return (\r) after the URL and before the HTTP declaration.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 11% · top 4.3% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
11%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
32References, 8 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The HTTP Inspect preprocessor (http_inspect) in Snort 2.4.0 through 2.4.4 allows remote attackers to bypass "uricontent" rules via a carriage return (\r) after the URL and before the HTTP declaration.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0008.html
http://marc.info/?l=snort-devel&m=114909074311462&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/20413 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20766 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1018
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016191 ExploitPatch
http://www.demarc.com/support/downloads/patch_20060531 ExploitPatch
http://www.osvdb.org/25837 ExploitPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435600/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435734/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435797/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435872/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18200 ExploitPatch
http://www.snort.org/pub-bin/snortnews.cgi#431
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2119 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26855
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0008.html
http://marc.info/?l=snort-devel&m=114909074311462&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/20413 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20766 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1018
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016191 ExploitPatch
http://www.demarc.com/support/downloads/patch_20060531 ExploitPatch
http://www.osvdb.org/25837 ExploitPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435600/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435734/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435797/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435872/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18200 ExploitPatch
http://www.snort.org/pub-bin/snortnews.cgi#431
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2119 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26855

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-2769), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.