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Windows 2003 Server Buffer Overflow Protection Mechanism Bypass
Secunia Advisory: SA9720
Release Date: 2003-09-12
Popularity: 15,545 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

OS:Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition

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Advisory Content (Page 2 of 3)[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

Solution:
Don't rely solely on the protection mechanism to prevent exploitation of stack based buffer overflows. Make sure that systems are patched or apply workarounds when new vulnerabilities are reported and follow best security practises to lessen impact and threat.

Provided and/or discovered by:
David Litchfield, NGSSoftware.

Original Advisory:
http://www.nextgenss.com/papers/defeating-w2k3-stack-protection.pdf

Other References:
Microsoft Best Practises and Recommendations:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bestprac/default.asp

Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]



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