MS08-029: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Could Allow Denial of Service (952044)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 32313

Synopsis

It is possible to crash the antimalware program.

Description

The remote host is running a version of Windows Malware Protection engine that is vulnerable to a bug in the file handling routine which could allow an attacker to crash the protection engine.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows Defender and Live OneCare.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2008/ms08-029

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 32313

File Name: smb_nt_ms08-029.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 5/13/2008

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: 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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:windows_defender, cpe:/a:microsoft:windows_live_onecare, cpe:/a:microsoft:antigen, cpe:/a:microsoft:forefront_client_security, cpe:/a:microsoft:forefront_security

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1437, CVE-2008-1438

BID: 29060, 29073

CWE: 399

MSFT: MS08-029

MSKB: 952044