CVE-2009-2966 Information

Description

avp.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.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0252.html http://secunia.com/advisories/36405 http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/66 http://www.h-online.com/security/Kaspersky-confirm-and-close-DoS-vulnerability–/news/114077 http://www.osvdb.org/57173 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36084 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022754 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022755 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52571