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DNS.Zone.Transfer

Release Date

Aug 03, 2005

Severity

info

Impact

Attackers can gather information about a target network to prepare for future attacks.

Description

It indicates detection of a zone transfer request from a DNS server.

This could be legitimate DNS traffic. Alternatively a remote attacker could use the request to gather information on your network in preparation for a future attack.

Affected Products

Any unprotected DNS server is vulnerable to the attack.

Recommended Actions

Currently we are not aware of any official supplied fix for this issue.

Coverage

IPS
VCM

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

CVE-1999-0532

Reference: VID-10357