CVE-2008-3243 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in F-Prot Antivirus by sending crafted compressed or Office files that crash the scanning engine.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-3243?
CVE-2008-3243 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jul 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the scanning engine before 4.4.4 in F-Prot Antivirus before 6.0.9.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) a crafted UPX-compressed file, which triggers an engine crash; (2) a crafted Microsoft Office file, which triggers an infinite loop; or (3) an ASPack-compressed file, which triggers an engine crash.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3243?
It affects 2 products.
Products include F-Prot F-Prot Antivirus, F-Prot Scanning Engine.
How do I fix CVE-2008-3243?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3243 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-3243 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3243 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-329c-2fc2-h43q.