Kaspersky Antivirus UPX file denial of service
| kaspersky-upx-dos (32797) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Kaspersky Antivirus is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of UPX files containing malicious compressed data. By sending a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop and consume all available resources, resulting in a denial of service.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
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: 03.02.07: Kaspersky AntiVirus UPX File Decompression DoS Vulnerability.
- Kaspersky Web site: anti-hacker programs - Linux virus protection software.
- BID-22795: Kaspersky AntiVirus UPX File Decompression Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-1281: Kaspersky AntiVirus Engine 6.0.1.411 for Windows and 5.5-10 for Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted UPX compressed file with a negative offset, which triggers an infinite loop during decompression.
- SA24391: Kaspersky Anti-Virus Engine UPX Processing Denial of Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1017718: Kaspersky Anti-Virus Error in Processing UPX Files Lets Remote Users Deny Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-0810: Kaspersky Antivirus Scan Engine UPX File Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Kaspersky Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0.1.0 for Linux
- Kaspersky Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0.1.411 for Window
Reported:
Mar 02, 2007
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