ESET NOD32 Antivirus up to 2.2288 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in ESET NOD32 Antivirus up to 2.2288. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-3972. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in ESET NOD32 Antivirus up to 2.2288 (Anti-Malware Software). Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

ESET NOD32 Antivirus before 2.2289 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted (1) ASPACK or (2) FSG packed file, which triggers a divide-by-zero error.

The bug was discovered 07/20/2007. The weakness was published 07/20/2007 by Sergio Alvarez with n.runs AG (Website). The advisory is shared for download at eset.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-3972 since 07/25/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25756 (NOD32 Antivirus Run-Time Decompressors Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 2.2289 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35524), Tenable (25756), SecurityFocus (BID 24988†), OSVDB (37978†) and Secunia (SA26124†). Similar entries are available at VDB-37979 and VDB-37978. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 25756
Nessus Name: NOD32 Antivirus Run-Time Decompressors Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: NOD32 Antivirus 2.2289

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: eset.com
Researcher: Sergio Alvarez
Organization: n.runs AG
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-3972 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3972
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37980
X-Force: 35524
SecurityFocus: 24988 - ESET NOD32 Antivirus Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26124
OSVDB: 37978 - NOD32 Antivirus Crafted ASPACK / FSG File handling DoS
Vulnerability Center: 15723 - ESET NOD32 Antivirus Divide-By-Zero Error Allows Remote Attacker to Cause DoS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2602

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/22/2019 17:00
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (77), 07/22/2019 17:00 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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