# CVE-2004-0789: Multiple implementations of the DNS protocol, including (1) Poslib 1.0.2-1 and earlier as used by Posadis, (2) Axis Network products before

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2005-09-01 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/13145
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17997
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012157
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11642
- http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20041130-00862.html?lang=en
- http://www.posadis.org/advisories/pos_adv_006.txt
- http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20041109-00957.pdf
- https://github.com/HimmeL-Byte/CVE-2004-0789-DDOS

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