Kaspersky Anti-Virus PE File Handling DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 23997

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains an antivirus application that is prone to a denial of service attack.

Description

The version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus installed on the remote host is affected by a denial of service issue that can be triggered with a specially crafted PE (portable executable) file to send the scanning engine into an infinite loop and prevent scanning of other files.

Solution

Update the virus signatures to 01/02/2007 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 23997

File Name: kaspersky_pe_dos.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 1/9/2007

Updated: 5/16/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-0125

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:kaspersky_lab:kaspersky_anti-virus

Required KB Items: Antivirus/Kaspersky/sigs

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/5/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0125

BID: 21901

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