CVE-2004-0445

N/A Unknown
Published: July 07, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/682110
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/6100
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/11066
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2004.05.12.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010144
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010145
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010146
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-141.shtml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/682110
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/6100
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10336
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16132
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
34.3%
97th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

symantec