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Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory:	SA12192	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2004-07-30
Last Update:	2004-08-02
Popularity:	30,476 views

Critical:	Highly critical
Impact:	DoS System access
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2004-0549 CVE-2004-0566 CVE-2003-1048

Description: Microsoft has issued an update for Internet Explorer. This fixes three vulnerabilities, allowing malicious websites to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a user's system. 1) An error can be exploited to bypass the zone restrictions in Internet Explorer. For more information: SA11793 2) An integer signedness error within the handling of BMP images can be exploited to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability has already been fixed in prior service packs for Internet Explorer. 3) A boundary error within the handling of GIF images can reportedly be exploited to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Solution: Microsoft has released updates: Internet Explorer 5.01 requires Service Pack 2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-8028-E91FCFAB252B&displaylang=en Internet Explorer 5.01 requires Service Pack 3: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-B72E-ED9D62577A60&displaylang=en Internet Explorer 5.01 requires Service Pack 4: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-985B-C3958FAD3D4C&displaylang=en Internet Explorer 5.5 requires Service Pack 2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-A663-FC187C18CD9B&displaylang=en Internet Explorer 6: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-A75F-7636D8BEE576&displaylang=en Internet Explorer 6 requires Service Pack 1: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-A75F-7636D8BEE576&displaylang=en Internet Explorer 6 requires Service Pack 1 (64-Bit Edition): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-BD65-C8D37A0DD62D&displaylang=en Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Server 2003: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-8DBE-2492B4AFBC3B&displaylang=en Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Server 2003 (64-Bit Edition): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-BB32-F8A4D36C5FB9&displaylang=en Changelog: 2004-08-02: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability notes. Original Advisory: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-025.mspx Other References: SA11793: http://secunia.com/advisories/11793/ US-CERT VU#266926: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/266926 US-CERT VU#685364: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/685364

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