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TI-2004-00402 Aliases CVE-2004-0445GHSA-6p52-7j69-f67w

The SYMDNS.SYS driver in Symantec Norton Internet Security and Professional 2002 through…

Priority LOW 26Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

The SYMDNS.SYS driver in 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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption from infinite loop) via a DNS response with a compressed name pointer that points to itself.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.11048 95th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 23

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_firewall:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.01VulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_firewall:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.1.1VulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0VulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1VulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2VulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3VulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4VulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5VulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.6VulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.7VulnerableSymantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_firewall:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.01 Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_firewall:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1.1 Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1 Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2 Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3 Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4 Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5 Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.6 Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.7 Vulnerable ·Symantec
Show 13 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8VulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.9VulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0VulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antispam:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2004VulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2002VulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security:2002:*:pro:*:*:*:*:*2002VulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2003VulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security:2003:*:pro:*:*:*:*:*2003VulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2004VulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security:2004:*:pro:*:*:*:*:*2004VulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_personal_firewall:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2002VulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_personal_firewall:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2003VulnerableSymantec
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_personal_firewall:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2004VulnerableSymantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8 Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.9 Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_antispam:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2004 Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2002 Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security:2002:*:pro:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2002 Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2003 Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security:2003:*:pro:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2003 Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2004 Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_internet_security:2004:*:pro:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2004 Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_personal_firewall:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2002 Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_personal_firewall:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2003 Vulnerable ·Symantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_personal_firewall:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2004 Vulnerable ·Symantec

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2004-0445
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6p52-7j69-f67w

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2004-00401 Multiple vulnerabilities in SYMDNS.SYS for Symantec Norton Internet Security and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2004-00343 SYMNDIS.SYS in Symantec Norton Internet Security 2003 and 2004, Norton Personal Firewall… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

Sources

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