CVE-2009-2966

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-2966
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-25 17:30:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionavp.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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kaspersky Kaspersky Anti-virus 9.0.0.463 All All All
Application Kaspersky Kaspersky Internet Security 9.0.0.459 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0252.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Exploit
Kaspersky Products URI Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
www.osvdb.org/57173 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Kaspersky AV/IS 2010 (avp.exe) Denial-of-Service ( Research Advisory ) - SecurityReason.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Kaspersky Internet Security URL Parsing Error Lets Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Kaspersky confirm and close DoS vulnerability - News - The H Security: News and features af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.h-online.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Kaspersky Anti-Virus URL Parsing Error Lets Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Kaspersky Anti-Virus / Internet Security Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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