CVE-2004-0789

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17997

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11642

http://www.posadis.org/advisories/pos_adv_006.txt

http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20041109-00957.pdf

http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20041130-00862.html?lang=en

http://securitytracker.com/id?1012157

http://secunia.com/advisories/13145

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-12-31

Updated: 2017-07-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High