CVE-2006-4562

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-09-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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

Affected products

Symantec Gateway Security: 1.0, 320, 360, 360r, 5000_series_2.0.1, 5000_series_3.0 (+9)

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
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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