Kaspersky Lab`s Antivirus PE header file denial of service
| kaspersky-antivirus-pe-dos (31315) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Kaspersky Lab's Antivirus is vulnerable to a denial of service. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted PE (portable executable) file, containing an invalid value in the NumberOfRvaAndSizes header field, to cause the scanning engine to enter into an infinite loop and consume all available system resources.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 3.5 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 2.5 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Kaspersky Lab has issued a fix which is included in the regular automatic update, available to all Kaspersky Lab's Antivirus users.
References:
- iDefense Labs PUBLIC ADVISORY: 01.05.07: Kaspersky Antivirus Scan Engine PE File Denial of Service Vulnerability.
- Kaspersky Lab's Antivirus Web site: Antivirus Software with Antispyware for Home Computer Security.
- BID-21901: Kaspersky AntiVirus Scan Engine PE File Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-0125: Kaspersky Labs Antivirus Engine 6.0 for Windows and 5.5-10 for Linux before 20070102 enter an infinite loop upon encountering an invalid NumberOfRvaAndSizes value in the Optional Windows Header of a portable executable (PE) file, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by scanning a crafted PE file.
- OSVDB ID: 32588: Kaspersky Anti-Virus PE File Handling DoS
- SA23575: Kaspersky Antivirus PE File Handling Denial of Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1017476: Kaspersky Anti-Virus Scanning Engine PE File Infinite Loop Lets Remote Users Deny Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-0067: Kaspersky Antivirus Scan Engine PE File Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Kaspersky Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.5-10 for Linux
- Kaspersky Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 and prior
Reported:
Jan 05, 2007
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