MEDIUM
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 Jun 2, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 10.81%
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.4
- 2.4.1
- 2.4.2
- 2.4.3
- 2.4.4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
10.81% 0.10813
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.10813
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 10.81% (0.10813) | 95.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 10.62% (0.10618) | 95.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 15, 2025 | 22.77% (0.22767) | 95.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 25, 2025 | 20.46% (0.20455) | 95.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 17.21% (0.17213) | 94.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 15.50% (0.15495) | 94.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.25% (0.03251) | 91.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 22, 2024 | 2.60% (0.02604) | 90.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 6, 2024 | 1.18% (0.01182) | 83.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 13, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01276) | 84.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 26, 2023 | 1.71% (0.01708) | 86.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 6, 2023 | 1.77% (0.01771) | 86.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 6, 2023 | 1.60% (0.01600) | 85.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.20% (0.02200) | 87.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 90.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (16)
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0008.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://marc.info/?l=snort-devel&m=114909074311462&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20413 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20766 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1018 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016191 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploitPatch
- http://www.demarc.com/support/downloads/patch_20060531 x_refsource_MISCExploitPatch
- http://www.osvdb.org/25837 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBExploitPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435600/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435734/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435797/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435872/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18200 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
- http://www.snort.org/pub-bin/snortnews.cgi#431 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2119 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26855 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 2, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jun 1, 2006
Link CVE-2006-2769
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a