Secunia Logo  


Secunia PSI WorldMap
 
Symantec Products Unspecified DNS Cache Poisoning Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA14595
Release Date: 2005-03-16
Last Update: 2005-03-21
Popularity: 12,584 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Spoofing
Manipulation of data
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Symantec Gateway Security 1.x
Symantec Gateway Security 2.x
Symantec VelociRaptor 1.5

Software:Symantec Enterprise Firewall (SEF) 7.x
Symantec Enterprise Firewall (SEF) 8.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

Subscribe: Instant alerts on relevant vulnerabilities


Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3)[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in various Symantec gateway products, which can be exploited by malicious people to poison the DNS cache.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the DNS proxy (DNSd) when functioning as a DNS caching server or primary DNS server and can be exploited to poison the DNS cache.

The vulnerability may be related to:
SA11888

The following products are affected:
* Symantec Gateway Security 5400 Series, v2.x
* Symantec Gateway Security 5300 Series, v1.0
* Symantec Enterprise Firewall, v7.0.x (Windows and Solaris)
* Symantec Enterprise Firewall v8.0 (Windows and Solaris)
* Symantec VelociRaptor, Model 1100/1200/1300 v1.5

NOTE: This has already been exploited in the wild.

Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]



Track this Secunia Advisory
Customers of the Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence solutions will automatically receive updates when new information regarding this advisory is released.

Read more about our Vulnerability Intelligence solutions and what they can do for you and your company.

About this Secunia Advisory
Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.

Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.
  
Latest Advisories

Send Feedback to Secunia
If you have new information regarding this Secunia advisory or a product in our database, please send it to us using either our web form or email us at vuln@secunia.com.

Ideas, suggestions, and other feedback are most welcome.

Most Popular - 3 Hours

1. Internet Explorer Charset Inheritance Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability // 34 views
2. PHPRecipeBook Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability // 22 views
3. Microsoft DirectShow Streaming Video ActiveX Control Vulnerabilities // 22 views
4. Apple Safari Two WebKit Component Vulnerabilities // 21 views
5. Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities // 18 views
6. APBoard SQL Injection Vulnerability // 17 views
7. Internet Explorer 7 Window Injection Vulnerability // 16 views
8. Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities // 14 views
9. Microsoft Word Malformed Object Pointer Vulnerability // 13 views
10. Adobe Reader/Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities // 10 views