Vulnerability in Symantec Client Firewall
CVE-2004-0445
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.6 (Low). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.110 (95.8th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.110 · newest: 0.110 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Symantec Client Firewall — versions 5.01, 5.1.1
- Symantec Client Security — versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2
- Symantec Norton Antispam — versions 2004
- Symantec Norton Internet Security — versions 2002, 2003, 2004
- Symantec Norton Personal Firewall — versions 2002, 2003, 2004
References
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-141.shtml (government-resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/682110 (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/6100 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16132 (vdb-entry)
- securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2004.05.12.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/021359.html (mailing-list)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/11066 (third-party-advisory)