Symantec Enterprise Firewall 7.x/8.x DNS Cache improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Symantec Enterprise Firewall 7.x/8.x and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component DNS Cache Handler. Performing a manipulation results in improper authentication. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2004-1754. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. The affected component should be disabled.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Enterprise Firewall 7.x/8.x (Firewall Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component DNS Cache Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The DNS proxy (DNSd) for multiple Symantec Gateway Security products allows remote attackers to poison the DNS cache via a malicious DNS server query response that contains authoritative or additional records.

The weakness was disclosed 06/18/2004 by fryxar as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-1754 since 03/09/2005. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at enterprisesecurity.symantec.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16423), Exploit-DB (24218), SecurityFocus (BID 10557†), OSVDB (7126†) and Secunia (SA11888†). Further details are available at securityfocus.com. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Disable
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Patch: enterprisesecurity.symantec.com

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06/15/2004 🔍
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06/18/2004 +3 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: fryxar
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-1754 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1754
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-717
X-Force: 16423 - Multiple Symantec products DNS cache poisoning, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 10557 - Symantec Enterprise Firewall DNSD DNS Cache Poisoning Vulnerability
Secunia: 11888 - Symantec Various Firewall Products DNS Proxy Cache Poisoning Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 7126 - Symantec Gateway Security Products DNS Cache Poisoning
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/22/2004 15:34
Updated: 10/08/2025 10:46
Changes: 06/22/2004 15:34 (77), 06/07/2017 16:02 (2), 10/08/2025 10:46 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:4A8:103

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