CVE ID:	CVE-2006-6931
Description:	Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in Snort before 2.6.1, during predicate evaluation in rule matching for certain rules, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and detection outage) via crafted network traffic, aka a "backtracking attack."
Test IDs:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58020   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58093
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-6931 BugTraq ID: 21991 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21991 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-03.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:051 http://www.acsac.org/2006/abstracts/54.html http://www.acsac.org/2006/advance_program.html http://www.acsac.org/2006/papers/54.pdf http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/acsac2006.pdf http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~smithr/pubs/randy_smith_acsac2006.zip http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2007-January/003954.html http://www.osvdb.org/32096 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017508 http://secunia.com/advisories/23716 http://secunia.com/advisories/24164 http://secunia.com/advisories/24338 XForce ISS Database: snort-rule-matching-dos(31430) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31430