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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2004-0445 Detail

Description

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/021359.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/11066 CVE, MITRE
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2004.05.12.html CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010144 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010145 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010146 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-141.shtml CVE, MITRE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/682110 CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.osvdb.org/6100 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10336 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16132 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-Other Other cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2004-0445
NVD Published Date:
07/07/2004
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE