Kaspersky Anti-Virus UPX File Decompression DoS

high Nessus Plugin ID 24758

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus installed on the remote host reportedly may enter an infinite loop when it attempts to process an executable with specially crafted compressed UPX data. A remote attacker may be able to exploit this issue to cause the affected host to consume all available CPU cycles, thereby denying service to users of the affected host.

Solution

Update the virus signatures on or after 02/07/2007 and restart the computer.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24758

File Name: kaspersky_upx_decompression_dos.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 3/5/2007

Updated: 5/16/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-1281

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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: 3/2/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1281

BID: 22795

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