[TriLUG] Snort vulnerability...

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Rick DeNatale wrote:

>On 20 Oct 2005 02:54:19 -0400, Jon Carnes <jonc at nc.rr.com> wrote:
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>>How ironic is this?
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>>=== Cert Advisory TA05-291A ===
>>The Snort Back Orifice preprocessor contains a buffer overflow that
>>could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a
>>vulnerable system.
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>>Snort is a widely-deployed, open-source network intrusion detection
>>system (IDS). Snort and its components are used in other IDS
>>products, notably Sourcefire Intrusion Sensors, and Snort is
>>included with a number of operating system distributions.
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>Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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>Rick DeNatale
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Yea, we got that covered! 8-)