Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-5426 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Kaspersky LAB Kaspersky Internet Security Suite 2009
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
Kaspersky Internet Security Suite 2009 does not properly handle (1) multipart/mixed e-mail messages with many MIME parts and possibly (2) e-mail messages with many "Content-type: message/rfc822;" headers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption or other resource consumption) via a large e-mail message, a related issue to CVE-2006-1173.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro
- http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4721
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4721
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded