PT-2008-6543 · Kaspersky · Kaspersky Internet Security Suite

Published 2008-12-11 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-5426

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Kaspersky Internet Security Suite version 2009

Description The issue is related to the handling of certain e-mail messages. Specifically, it does not properly handle multipart/mixed e-mail messages with many MIME parts and possibly e-mail messages with many "Content-type: message/rfc822;" headers. This can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to stack consumption or other resource consumption, via a large e-mail message.

Recommendations For Kaspersky Internet Security Suite version 2009, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as the current version does not properly handle specific types of e-mail messages, leading to potential denial of service attacks.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5426

Affected Products

Kaspersky Internet Security Suite

References · 5

• 🔥 http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5426 · Security Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4721 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded · Note