Rule Document 1:20611

Report a false positive

Rule Category

SERVER-OTHER -- Snort has detected traffic exploiting vulnerabilities in a server in the network.

Alert Message

SERVER-OTHER BOOTP overflow

Rule Explanation

This rule detects a buffer overflow in bootpd 2.4.3 and earlier via a long boot file location.

What To Look For

This rule detects a buffer overflow in bootpd 2.4.3 and earlier via a long boot file location.

Known Usage

No public information

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Talos research team. This document was generated from data supplied by the national vulnerability database, a product of the national institute of standards and technology. For more information see [nvd].

Rule Groups

No rule groups

CVE

CVE-1999-0799

Rule Vulnerability

Buffer Overflow

Buffer Overflows occur when a memory location is filled past its expected boundaries. Computer attackers target systems without proper terminating conditions on buffers, which then write the additional information in other locations in memory, overwriting what is there. This could corrupt the data, making the system behave erratically or crash. The new information could include malicious executable code, which might be executed.

CVE Additional Information

This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

CVE-1999-0799

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