CVE-2005-0817
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedUnknown vulnerability in the DNSd proxy, as used in Symantec Gateway Security 5400 2.x and 5300 1.x, Enterprise Firewall 7.0.x and 8.x, and VelociRaptor 1100/1200/1300 1.5, allows remote attackers to poison the DNS cache and redirect users to malicious sites.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceDNS cache poisoning vulnerability in the DNSd proxy component allows remote attackers to inject malicious DNS records into the cache, redirecting users to attacker-controlled malicious sites. This affects multiple legacy Symantec security appliances and firewall products.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 7.0= 8.0= model_1300= 1.0= 2.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the installed Symantec productExamine system inventory, running services, or product documentation to determine if any of these products are deployed: Symantec Enterprise Firewall, Symantec Velociraptor, Symantec Gateway Security 5300, or Symantec Gateway Security 5400Affected if Any of these four products are installed on the network
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Check the product versionAccess the product management interface or system information to retrieve the exact version number and compare against affected versions: Enterprise Firewall 7.0 or 8.0, Velociraptor model 1300, Gateway Security 5300 version 1.0, Gateway Security 5400 version 2.0Affected if The installed version exactly matches one of the affected versions listed
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Verify DNSd proxy component statusExamine the product configuration or running processes to determine if the DNSd proxy component is enabled and actively handling DNS requestsAffected if DNSd proxy is enabled and processing DNS queries for clients or forwarding DNS requests
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Inspect DNS cache configurationReview the DNS proxy settings in the appliance management console to check whether cache integrity controls or DNSSEC validation are configuredAffected if DNS proxy cache has no integrity verification or DNSSEC validation enabled
A system is affected if it runs any of the four listed products at the specified versions with DNSd proxy enabled.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply vendor-supplied patches for affected products; if products are end-of-life, migrate to supported alternatives implementing DNS security best practices such as DNSSEC validation and strict cache integrity controls.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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