Vulnerability Details CVE-2008-5426
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.006
EPSS Ranking 67.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
References
- http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4721
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded
- http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4721
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded
Products affected by CVE-2008-5426
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cpe:2.3:a:kaspersky_lab:kaspersky_internet_security_suite:2009