CVE-2006-4562 (GCVE-0-2006-4562)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-09-06 00:00
Modified
2024-08-07 19:14
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
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
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444114/100/100/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444134/100/100/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444135/100/100/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444330/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444114/100/100/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444134/100/100/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444135/100/100/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444330/100/0/threaded
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