CVE-2000-1226

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2000-1226 · Published 31/12/2000 · updated 23/09/2026

In short

CVE-2000-1226 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting snort (snort).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.3%, higher than 69.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
snort snort	`= 1.6`	No fix yet

Description

Snort 1.6, when running in straight ASCII packet logging mode or IDS mode with straight decoded ASCII packet logging selected, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending non-IP protocols that Snort does not know about, as demonstrated by an nmap protocol scan.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0122.html · Vendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0126.html · Patch

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