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CVE-2017-6657

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-05-16 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Cisco Sourcefire Snort 3.0 before build 233 mishandles Ether Type Validation. Since valid ether type and IP protocol numbers do not overlap, Snort++ stores all protocol decoders in a single array. That makes it possible to craft packets that have IP protocol numbers in the ether type field which will confuse the Snort++ decoder. For example, an eth:llc:snap:icmp6 packet will cause a crash because there is no ip6 header with which to calculate the icmp6 checksum. Affected decoders include gre, llc, trans_bridge, ciscometadata, linux_sll, and token_ring. The fix adds a check in the packet manager to validate the ether type before indexing the decoder array. An out of range ether type will raise 116:473.

Affected products

• Cisco Snort++: all versions

References

• http://blog.snort.org/2017/05/snort-vulnerabilities-found.html
• 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
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038483

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