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Vulnerability record · CVE-2004-0789 · published 31 December 2004

CVE-2004-0789: Delegate vulnerability

DDelegate · Delegate

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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.8% · top 14.3%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
15Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

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

Affected products

15 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/13145 Patch
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012157 Patch
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20041130-00862.html?lang=en Vendor Advisory
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20041109-00957.pdf Vendor Advisory
http://www.posadis.org/advisories/pos_adv_006.txt PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11642 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17997
http://secunia.com/advisories/13145 Patch
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012157 Patch
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20041130-00862.html?lang=en Vendor Advisory
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20041109-00957.pdf Vendor Advisory
http://www.posadis.org/advisories/pos_adv_006.txt PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11642 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17997

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2004-0789), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.