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Microsoft Malware Protection Engine File Parsing Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory:	SA30172	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2008-05-13
Last Update:	2008-05-14
Popularity:	2,621 views

Critical:	Moderately critical
Impact:	DoS
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	Microsoft Antigen 9.x Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset 6.x Microsoft Forefront Client Security 1.x Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint Microsoft Windows Defender Microsoft Windows Live OneCare

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CVE reference:	CVE-2008-1437 CVE-2008-1438

Description: Two vulnerabilities have been reported in various Microsoft products, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). 1) An unspecified error in the Malware Protection Engine when parsing PE files can be exploited to cause the engine to stop responding and restart when scanning a specially crafted PE file. 2) An input validation error in the Malware Protection Engine when parsing PE files can be exploited to exhaust available disk space when scanning a specially crafted PE file containing an overly large "size of header" value. Solution: Apply the latest Microsoft Malware Protection Engine update. Provided and/or discovered by: The vendor credits Sowhat, Nevis Labs. Changelog: 2008-05-14: Updated "Description" section based on additional information from Sowhat. Added additional link in "Original Advisory" section. Original Advisory: MS08-029 (KB952044): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-029.mspx Sowhat: http://secway.org/advisory/AD20080514.txt

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