CVE-2004-0445 (GCVE-0-2004-0445)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2004-05-20 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 00:17
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The SYMDNS.SYS driver in Symantec Norton Internet Security and Professional 2002 through 2004, Norton Personal Firewall 2002 through 2004, Norton AntiSpam 2004, Client Firewall 5.01 and 5.1.1, and Client Security 1.0 through 2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption from infinite loop) via a DNS response with a compressed name pointer that points to itself.
References
cve@mitre.org http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/021359.html
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/11066
cve@mitre.org http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2004.05.12.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://securitytracker.com/id?1010144
cve@mitre.org http://securitytracker.com/id?1010145
cve@mitre.org http://securitytracker.com/id?1010146
cve@mitre.org http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-141.shtml
cve@mitre.org http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/682110 Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.org http://www.osvdb.org/6100
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10336
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16132
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/021359.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/11066
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2004.05.12.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://securitytracker.com/id?1010144
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://securitytracker.com/id?1010145
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://securitytracker.com/id?1010146
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-141.shtml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/682110 Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.osvdb.org/6100
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10336
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16132
Impacted products
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  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.