CVE-2009-2966 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Kaspersky Internet Security via HTTP requests with excessive dots, leading to CPU exhaustion and network loss.
- 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-2009-2966?
CVE-2009-2966 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Aug 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
avp.exe in Kaspersky Internet Security 9.0.0.459 and Anti-Virus 9.0.0.463 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and network connectivity loss) via an HTTP URL request that contains a large number of dot "." characters.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2966?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Kaspersky Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Kaspersky Kaspersky Internet Security.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2966?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2966 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-2009-2966 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-2966 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8fc7-mgr4-r5h3.