CVE-2008-5426 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Kaspersky Internet Security Suite 2009 by sending specially crafted large email messages.
- 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-2008-5426?
CVE-2008-5426 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
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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5426?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Internet Security Suite.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5426?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5426 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-2008-5426 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5426 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j6h9-29jj-pxjv.