Kaspersky Anti-Virus unspecified denial of service
| kaspersky-unspecified-dos (25221) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Kaspersky Anti-Virus is vulnerable to a denial of service caused by an unspecified vulnerability. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the consumption of all available CPU and memory resources.
Platforms Affected:
- Kaspersky, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0.5
- Kaspersky, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.5.3
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- Bugtraq Mailing List, Fri Mar 03 2006 - 14:59:58 CST, Kaspersky Memory/CPU Usage Leak by design at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-02/0628.html.
- BID-16942: Kaspersky Anti-Virus Unspecified Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-1091: Kaspersky Antivirus 5.0.5 and 5.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via unknown attack vectors.
Reported:
Mar 03, 2006
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