# CVE-2003-1579: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can spoof IP addresses in logs by exploiting DNS resolution flaws, potentially bypassing IP-based access controls.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Feb 2010
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qccq-vp6j-f2x6

## What is CVE-2003-1579?

CVE-2003-1579 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Feb 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Sun ONE (aka iPlanet) Web Server 6 on Windows, when DNS resolution is enabled for client IP addresses, uses a logging format that does not identify whether a dotted quad represents an unresolved IP address, which allows remote attackers to spoof IP addresses via crafted DNS responses containing numerical top-level domains, as demonstrated by a forged 123.123.123.123 domain name, related to an "Inverse Lookup Log Corruption (ILLC)" issue.

Weakness: CWE-189

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1579?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sun One Web Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2003-1579?

No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1579 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2003-1579 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1579 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2003-1589](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1589/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2003-1590](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1590/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2003-1126](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1126/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2003-1578](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1578/): Sun ONE (aka iPlanet) Web Server 4.1 through SP12 and 6.0 through SP5, when DNS resolution is enabled for client IP addresses, allows remote (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2005-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2094/): Other in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2003-1579 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2003-1579 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Feb 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1579 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1579/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1579/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-1579
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1579
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2003-1579

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