CVE-2004-0789

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Multiple implementations of the DNS protocol, including (1) Poslib 1.0.2-1 and earlier as used by Posadis, (2) Axis Network products before firmware 3.13, and (3) Men & Mice Suite 2.2x before 2.2.3 and 3.5.x before 3.5.2, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and network bandwidth consumption) by triggering a communications loop via (a) DNS query packets with localhost as a spoofed source address, or (b) a response packet that triggers a response packet.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/13145Patch
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012157Patch
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20041130-00862.html?lang=enVendor Advisory
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20041109-00957.pdfVendor Advisory
http://www.posadis.org/advisories/pos_adv_006.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11642Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17997
http://secunia.com/advisories/13145Patch
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012157Patch
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20041130-00862.html?lang=enVendor Advisory
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20041109-00957.pdfVendor Advisory
http://www.posadis.org/advisories/pos_adv_006.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11642Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17997

Timeline

Published: Dec 31, 2004
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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