CVE-2004-0375 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Symantec firewall products by sending crafted TCP packets with specific options.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-0375?
CVE-2004-0375 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 May 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
SYMNDIS.SYS in Symantec Norton Internet Security 2003 and 2004, Norton Personal Firewall 2003 and 2004, Client Firewall 5.01 and 5.1.1, and Client Security 1.0 and 1.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a TCP packet with (1) SACK option or (2) Alternate Checksum Data option followed by a length of zero.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0375?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Symantec Client Firewall, Symantec Client Security, Symantec Norton Internet Security, Symantec Norton Personal Firewall.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0375?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0375 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2004-0375 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-0375 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pg4x-f3qp-5vxc.