CVE-2006-4562 (GCVE-0-2006-4562)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-09-06 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:14 Disputed
VLAI
Summary
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
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444114/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444134/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444330/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444135/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2006-08-23 00:00
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