CVE-2008-5425 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in ESET NOD32 by sending specially crafted large email messages with many MIME parts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-5425?
CVE-2008-5425 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Dec 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ESet NOD32 2.70.0039.0000 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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5425?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Eset Nod32 Antivirus.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5425?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5425 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-2008-5425 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5425 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-34wr-q9h7-hx52.