CVE-2006-4562 describes a vulnerability in the proxy DNS service of Symantec Gateway Security (SGS) that permits remote attackers to conduct arbitrary DNS queries to third-party servers while obfuscating their source IP address. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), this vulnerability is of medium severity, allowing for information disclosure without requiring authentication or complex attack methods. Despite its age, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:symantec:gateway_security:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
320CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:symantec:gateway_security:320:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
360CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:symantec:gateway_security:360:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
360rCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:symantec:gateway_security:360r:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5000_series_2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:symantec:gateway_security:5000_series_2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.