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Kaspersky Anti-Virus Engine UPX Processing Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA24391
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Release Date:
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2007-03-05
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Last Update:
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2007-03-06
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Popularity:
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7,619 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Kaspersky Anti-Virus 4.x
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.x
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.x
Kaspersky Internet Security 6.x
Kaspersky Online Scanner 5.x
Kaspersky Personal Security Suite 1.x
Kaspersky SMTP Gateway 5.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-1281
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Kaspersky's Anti-Virus engine, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of UPX-compressed executables that contain negative data offsets. This can be exploited to cause the application to consume large amounts of CPU resources, which can e.g. render a client-system unusable or degrade the performance of a server.
The vulnerability is reported in version 6.0.1.411 for Windows and 5.5-10 for Linux. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
The fix is reportedly available via automatic updates since February 7, 2007.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Discovered by an anonymous researcher and reported via iDefense Labs.
Changelog:
2007-03-06: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
iDefense Labs:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=485
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