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Secunia Security Advisory 37652

Secunia Security Advisory 37652
Posted Dec 11, 2009
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - Some vulnerabilities have been discovered in Kingsoft Internet Security, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

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Secunia Security Advisory 37652

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TITLE:
Kingsoft Internet Security CAB and ARJ Archive Processing Denial of
Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37652

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37652/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been discovered in Kingsoft Internet
Security, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service).

1) An error when processing certain ARJ archives can be exploited to
cause a high CPU load.

1) A division by zero when processing certain CAB archives can be
exploited to crash the application.

The vulnerabilities are confirmed in Kingsoft Antivirus version
2009.12.04.18 (included in Kingsoft Internet Security 9) and are
reported in 2009.09.29.11. Other versions may also be vulnerable.

SOLUTION:
Do not scan untrusted ARJ or CAB archives.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Francis Provencher

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10343

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