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BitDefender Antivirus 2008 "NtOpenProcess()" Hooked Function Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA30005
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Release Date:
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2008-04-29
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | BitDefender Antivirus 2008
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2008-1735 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
Core Security Technologies has reported a vulnerability in BitDefender Antivirus 2008, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error when handling arguments passed to the hooked SSDT function "NtOpenProcess()". This can be exploited to cause a DoS by calling the affected function with specially crafted arguments.
The vulnerability is reported in BitDefender Antivirus 2008 Build 11.0.1. Other versions may also be affected.
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Solution:
Fixed via automatic updates.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Damian Saura, Anibal Sacco, Dario Menichelli, Norberto Kueffner, and Andres Blanco y Rodrigo Carvalho of Core Security Technologies
Original Advisory:
CORE-2008-0320:
http://www.coresecurity.com/index.php...ontentMod&action=item&id=2249
BitDefender:
http://kb.bitdefender.com/KB419-en--S...ulnerability-in-BitDefender-2008.html
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