CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-4562

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2006-09-06 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2006-09-06
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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

Affected configurations

• symantec gateway security 1.0 • symantec gateway security 320 • symantec gateway security 360 • symantec gateway security 360r • symantec gateway security 5000 series 2.0.1 • symantec gateway security 5000 series 3.0 • symantec gateway security 5110 • symantec gateway security 5110 1.0 • symantec gateway security 5200 • symantec gateway security 5200 1.0 • symantec gateway security 5300 • symantec gateway security 5300 1.0 • symantec gateway security 5310 1.0 • symantec gateway security 5400 2.0 • symantec gateway security 5400 2.0.1

References