Untrusted Search Path The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package snort (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-SNORT-622908
- published10 Sept 2020
- disclosed23 Jan 2017
Introduced: 23 Jan 2017
CVE-2016-1417 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream snort package and not the snort package as distributed by Ubuntu.
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Snort 2.9.7.0-WIN32 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse tcapi.dll that is located in the same folder on a remote file share as a pcap file that is being processed.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-1417
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93269
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539579/100/0/threaded
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/SNORT-DLL-HIJACK.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138915/Snort-2.9.7.0-WIN32-DLL-Hijacking.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036936