CVE-2004-0445

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-0445
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-07-07 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Symantec Client Firewall 5.01 All All All
Application Symantec Client Firewall 5.1.1 All All All
Application Symantec Client Security 1.0 All All All
Application Symantec Client Security 1.1 All All All
Application Symantec Client Security 1.2 All All All
Application Symantec Client Security 1.3 All All All
Application Symantec Client Security 1.4 All All All
Application Symantec Client Security 1.5 All All All
Application Symantec Client Security 1.6 All All All
Application Symantec Client Security 1.7 All All All
Application Symantec Client Security 1.8 All All All
Application Symantec Client Security 1.9 All All All
Application Symantec Client Security 2.0 All All All
Application Symantec Norton Antispam 2004 All All All
Application Symantec Norton Internet Security 2002 All All All
Application Symantec Norton Internet Security 2002 All pro All
Application Symantec Norton Internet Security 2003 All All All
Application Symantec Norton Internet Security 2003 All pro All
Application Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004 All All All
Application Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004 All pro All
Application Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2002 All All All
Application Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2003 All All All
Application Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2004 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - Symantec Client Firewall Products Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Norton AntiSpam SYMDNS.SYS Driver Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code to Take Full Control of the System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
[Full-Disclosure] EEYE: Symantec Multiple Firewall DNS Response Denial-of-Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
Symantec Client Firewall SYMDNS.SYS Driver Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code to Take Full Control of the System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#682110 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
www.osvdb.org/6100 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Symantec Client Firewall Remote Access and Denial of Service Issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityresponse.symantec.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Symantec Client Firewall Remote DNS Response Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
O-141: Symantec Client Firewall Remote Access Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org
Symantec Client Security SYMDNS.SYS Driver Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code to Take Full Control of the System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
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