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Microsoft Outlook Express Header Validation Denial of Service Weakness
Secunia Advisory:	SA12038	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2004-07-13
Last Update:	2004-07-15
Popularity:	11,177 views

Critical:	Not critical
Impact:	DoS
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	Microsoft Outlook Express 6

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CVE reference:	CVE-2004-0215

Description: A weakness has been discovered in Microsoft Outlook Express 6, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The weakness is caused due to an error when validating email headers. This can be exploited to crash the application when a specially crafted email is viewed. This will only pose a problem if the preview pane is enabled, since Outlook Express will crash each time it is started. Solution: Microsoft has issued cumulative patches. However, only Outlook Express 6 (without SP1) is affected by the weakness. Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 (requires SP2): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-B79A-31D54743BA0E&displaylang=en Microsoft Outlook Express 6: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-9064-3070CE1F948A&displaylang=en Microsoft Outlook Express 6 (requires SP1): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-89B8-BD702B3E3E5D&displaylang=en Microsoft Outlook Express 6 (64 bit Edition with SP1): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-9A3F-2A601C3A04A5&displaylang=en Microsoft Outlook Express 6 on Windows Server 2003: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-A366-5F8EDC83633F&displaylang=en Microsoft Outlook Express 6 on Windows Server 2003 (64 bit edition): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-A174-84CF573F31FD&displaylang=en Changelog: 2004-07-15: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note. Original Advisory: MS04-018 (KB823353): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-018.mspx Other References: US-CERT VU#869640: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/869640

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