CVE-2000-1226 Information

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.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0122.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0126.html