CVE-2006-2769

Exp

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.

Published: 2006-06-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-2769 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.62%, 95th percentile). 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-2769

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27931 exploit_db edb 2006-05-31 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2769

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 22.77% 10.62% -12.15%
2 2025-12-15 20.56% 22.77% +2.21%
3 2025-10-13 — 20.56% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2769

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2769

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-2769

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2006-2769 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (snort), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 6, ignored 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-2769

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-2769

Solution: This vulnerability is addressed in the following product release: Snort, 2.4.4 source with uricontent patch

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2769

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sourcefire snort 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:sourcefire:snort:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sourcefire snort 2.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sourcefire:snort:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sourcefire snort 2.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:sourcefire:snort:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sourcefire snort 2.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:sourcefire:snort:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sourcefire snort 2.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:sourcefire:snort:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2769

URL Tags
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 Exploit Patch
http://www.demarc.com/support/downloads/patch_20060531 Exploit Patch
http://www.osvdb.org/25837 Exploit Patch
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 Exploit Patch
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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