CVE-2004-0445 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via infinite loop in the SYMDNS.SYS driver by sending a malicious DNS response.
- 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-2004-0445?
CVE-2004-0445 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 May 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0445?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Symantec Client Firewall, Symantec Client Security, Symantec Norton Antispam, Symantec Norton Internet Security, Symantec Norton Personal Firewall.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0445?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0445 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-2004-0445 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-0445 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6p52-7j69-f67w.