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CVE Reference: CVE-2005-2678
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CVE-2005-2678

Description:
Microsoft IIS 5.1 and 6 allows remote attackers to spoof the SERVER_NAME variable to bypass security checks and conduct various attacks via a GET request with an http://localhost URI, which makes it appear as if the request is coming from localhost.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA16548

MISC
  http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2005/08/remote-iis-5x-and-iis-60-server-name.html

BUGTRAQ
  http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=112474727903399&w=2


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