CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-0444

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities in SYMDNS.SYS for Symantec Norton Internet Security and Professional 2002-2004, Norton Personal Firewall 2002-2004, Norton AntiSpam 2004, and Client Firewall and Client Security may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

Risk Assessment

Attackers could exploit these vulnerabilities to gain control over the system or disrupt its operation, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the software to the latest versions that address these vulnerabilities and to monitor systems for potential attack attempts.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Multiple vulnerabilities in SYMDNS.SYS for 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 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via (1) a manipulated length byte in the first-level decoding routine for NetBIOS Name Service (NBNS) that modifies an index variable and leads to a stack-based buffer overflow, (2) a heap-based corruption problem in an NBNS response that is missing certain RR fields, and (3) a stack-based buffer overflow in the DNS component via a Resource Record (RR) with a long canonical name (CNAME) field composed of many smaller components.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS