CVE-2017-6658

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    CVE-2017-6658

    Published: 16 May 2017Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Cisco Sourcefire Snort 3.0 before build 233 has a Buffer Overread related to use of a decoder array. The size was off by one making it possible to read past the end of the array with an ether type of 0xFFFF. Increasing the array size solves this problem.

    References: , http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038483, https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170515-snort, http://blog.snort.org/2017/05/snort-vulnerabilities-found.html

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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