CVE-2006-4562

Summary

CVECVE-2006-4562
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-09-06 00:04:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 01:59:00 UTC
Description** DISPUTED ** The proxy DNS service in Symantec Gateway Security (SGS) allows remote attackers to make arbitrary DNS queries to third-party DNS servers, while hiding the source IP address of the attacker. NOTE: another researcher has stated that the default configuration does not proxy DNS queries received on the external interface.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 1.0 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 320 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 360 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 360r All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5000_series_2.0.1 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5000_series_3.0 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5110 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5110_1.0 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5200 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5200_1.0 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5300 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5300_1.0 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5310_1.0 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5400_2.0 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5400_2.0.1 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 1.0 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 320 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 360 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 360r All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5000_series_2.0.1 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5000_series_3.0 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5110 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5110_1.0 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5200 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5200_1.0 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5300 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5300_1.0 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5310_1.0 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5400_2.0 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5400_2.0.1 All All All

References

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