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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800203
Category:Denial of Service
Title:NOD32 Email Message Denial of Service Vulnerability
Summary:This host is installed with NOD32 Antivirus and is prone to Denial; of Service vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
This host is installed with NOD32 Antivirus and is prone to Denial
of Service vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
This flaw is due to improper handling of multipart/mixed e-mail messages with
many MIME parts and Email messages with many Content-type: message/rfc822 headers.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will let the attacker execute arbitrary codes in the
context of the application and can crash the application.

Affected Software/OS:
NOD32 AntiVirus version 2.70.0039.000 and prior.

Solution:
Upgrade to the latest version 3.x.

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5425
Bugtraq: 20081208 DoS attacks on MIME-capable software via complex MIME emails (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded
Bugtraq: 20081209 Re: DoS attacks on MIME-capable software via complex MIME emails (Google Search)
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
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbH

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