PT-2004-3292 · Secure Computing · Sidewinder G2

Published 2004-12-31 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2004-2399

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Secure Computing Corporation Sidewinder G2 version 6.1.0.01

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically CPU consumption, by sending delayed responses to DNS queries.

Recommendations: For version 6.1.0.01, consider implementing rate limiting or filtering for DNS queries to minimize the risk of CPU consumption. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to DNS query handling to reduce the impact of delayed responses. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-2399

Affected Products

Sidewinder G2

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2399 · Security Note
• http://osvdb.org/6231 · Patch
• http://securecomputing.com/pdf/SW61002Rel_Notes_0512.pdf · Note