Security Advisory SA12061 - Microsoft Internet Information Server Redirection Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Secunia Advisory SA12061

Microsoft Internet Information Server Redirection Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory

SA12061

Release Date

2004-07-13

Last Update

2004-07-15

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Criticality level

Highly critical

Impact

System access

Where

From remote

Authentication level

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Solution Status

Vendor Patch

Systems affected

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Remediation status

Secunia CSI, Secunia PSI

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Software:

Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0

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CVE-2004-0205 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers

Description

Microsoft has released an update for Internet Information Server. This fixes a vulnerability, allowing malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the handling of permanent redirects. This could be exploited by supplying an overly long maliciously crafted URL.

This vulnerability affects Internet Information Server 4.0 on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0.

Solution
Microsoft has issued updates:
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Changelog
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Original Advisory
MS04-021 (KB841373)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-021.mspx

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