MS.Malware.Protection.Engine.File.Processing.DoS

Release Date Apr 01, 2009
Severity medium
Impact Denial of Service: Remote attackers can crash vulnerable systems.
Description This indicates an attack attempt against a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine. The vulnerability is caused by an error when the vulnerable software handles a specially crafted Portable Executable (PE) files compressed with PECompact. It allows a remote attacker to crash the Malware Protection Engine.
Affected Products Microsoft Windows Live OneCare 0 Microsoft Windows Defender x64 Edition 0 Microsoft Windows Defender 0 Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper 0 Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint Server 1.0 Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server 1.0 Microsoft Forefront Client Security 0 Microsoft Antigen for SMTP Gateway 9 Microsoft Antigen for Exchange 9
Recommended Actions Apply patch, available from the website: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-029.mspx
Coverage IPS VCM
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) CVE-2008-1437
Reference/s http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/1476 (FrSIRT) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms08-029.mspx (MS-ID) http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29060 (BugTraq)

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