CVE-2006-4562
Symantec Gateway Security DNS Tunneling Vulnerability
Description
The proxy DNS service in Symantec Gateway Security (SGS) allows remote attackers to make arbitrary DNS queries to third-party DNS servers, while hiding the source IP address of the attacker. NOTE: another researcher has stated that the default configuration does not proxy DNS queries received on the external interface
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 6, 2006, 12:04 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 12:16 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 07, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 17, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 11, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Tag MITRE disputed -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description ** DISPUTED ** The proxy DNS service in Symantec Gateway Security (SGS) allows remote attackers to make arbitrary DNS queries to third-party DNS servers, while hiding the source IP address of the attacker. NOTE: another researcher has stated that the default configuration does not proxy DNS queries received on the external interface. The proxy DNS service in Symantec Gateway Security (SGS) allows remote attackers to make arbitrary DNS queries to third-party DNS servers, while hiding the source IP address of the attacker. NOTE: another researcher has stated that the default configuration does not proxy DNS queries received on the external interface -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 17, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/444114/100/100/threaded [Vendor Advisory] Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/444330/100/0/threaded [Vendor Advisory] Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/444134/100/100/threaded [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/444135/100/100/threaded [Vendor Advisory] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444330/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444135/100/100/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444134/100/100/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444114/100/100/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 06, 2006
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.18 }} -0.07%
score
0.55401
percentile