CVE-2003-0033

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-03-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the RPC preprocessor for Snort 1.8 and 1.9.x before 1.9.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via fragmented RPC packets.

Affected products

Snort: 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.8.3, 1.8.4, 1.8.5 (+3)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104673386226064&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104716001503409&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105154530427824&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-13.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-297
http://www.iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=21951
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10956.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/916785
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-2944.html
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:029
http://www.osvdb.org/4418
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6963

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