CVE-2015-1522 describes a denial of service vulnerability affecting Bro versions prior to 2.3.2. Specifically, the DNP3 protocol analyzer fails to properly validate packet lengths, allowing a remote attacker to trigger a buffer overflow or over-read with a specially crafted DNP3 packet. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-exploitable attack with low complexity and no user interaction required, leading to a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bro:bro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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