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Kaspersky Antivirus PE File Denial of Service Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary Checks date of virus signatures Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Summary : The remote Windows host contains an antivirus application that is prone to a denial of service attack. Description : The version of Kaspersky Antivirus 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. See also : http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=459 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456110/30/0/threaded Solution : Update the virus signatures to 01/02/2007 or later. Network Security Threat Level: Low / CVSS Base Score : 2.3 (AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:N/I:N/A:P/B:N) Networks Security ID: 21901 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2007 Tenable Network Security

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