CVE-2004-0789 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in DNS implementations by triggering communication loops via spoofed packets.
- 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-2004-0789?
CVE-2004-0789 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Sep 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple implementations of the DNS protocol, including (1) Poslib 1.0.2-1 and earlier as used by Posadis, (2) Axis Network products before firmware 3.13, and (3) Men & Mice Suite 2.2x before 2.2.3 and 3.5.x before 3.5.2, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and network bandwidth consumption) by triggering a communications loop via (a) DNS query packets with localhost as a spoofed source address, or (b) a response packet that triggers a response packet.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0789?
It affects 15 products.
Products include Axis 2100 Network Camera, Axis 2110 Network Camera, Axis 2120 Network Camera, Axis 2400 Video Server, Axis 2401 Video Server, Axis 2420 Network Camera and 9 more.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0789?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0789 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-2004-0789 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0789 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3jm2-9cp5-5xp7.