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Microsoft Windows Media Services Remote System Access
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA9115
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Release Date:
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2003-06-25
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Last Update:
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2004-03-10
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Popularity:
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12,192 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.x
Microsoft Windows Media Services 4.x SDK
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2003-0349
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Description:
Microsoft has issued an update for Windows Media Services on Windows 2000 (Internet Information Services 5.0) due to a vulnerability allowing malicious people to gain system access.
The problem is that a buffer overflow exists in the logging facility "nsiislog.dll", which is part of Windows Media Services. It may be exploited by sending a malicious HTTP request.
Only Internet Information Services on Windows 2000 with Windows Media Services enabled is vulnerable (not enabled by default).
Solution:
A patch is available:
http://microsoft.com/downloads/detail...-9E78-F71D9742FED8&displaylang=en
Provided and/or discovered by:
Brett Moore
Changelog:
2004-03-10: Patch re-released to fix install issue.
Original Advisory:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS03-022.mspx
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