CVE-2004-0445

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0445
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-07-07 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-11 01:30:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

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 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 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 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 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
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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - Symantec Client Firewall Products Multiple Vulnerabilities SECUNIA secunia.com
[Full-Disclosure] EEYE: Symantec Multiple Firewall DNS Response Denial-of-Service FULLDISC lists.grok.org.uk
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#682110 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Symantec Client Firewall Remote DNS Response Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Symantec Client Firewall SYMDNS.SYS Driver Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code to Take Full Control of the System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
O-141: Symantec Client Firewall Remote Access Vulnerabilities CIAC www.ciac.org
Symantec Client Security SYMDNS.SYS Driver Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code to Take Full Control of the System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
6100 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
Norton AntiSpam SYMDNS.SYS Driver Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code to Take Full Control of the System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Symantec Client Firewall Remote Access and Denial of Service Issues CONFIRM securityresponse.symantec.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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