Vulnerability CVE-2006-4562
Published: 2006-09-05   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
** DISPUTED ** 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.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Symantec -> Gateway security 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444114/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444134/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444135/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444330/100/0/threaded
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