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CERT Advisory CA-99-07 IIS Buffer Overflow



   Revised: June 18, 1999

   Originally released: June 16, 1999

   Source: CERT/CC

   

Systems Affected



     * Machines running Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0

       

I. Description



   Buffer overflow vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft Internet

   Information Server 4.0 have been discovered in several libraries,

   including libraries that handle .HTR, .STM, and .IDC files.

   

   A tool to exploit at least one of the vulnerabilities has been

   publicly released.

   

II. Impact



   These vulnerabilities allow remote intruders to execute arbitrary code

   with the privileges of the IIS server. Additionally, intruders can use

   this vulnerability to crash vulnerable IIS processes.

   

III. Solution



   Microsoft has released and updated Microsoft Security Bulletin

   MS99-019, which points to a patch for these vulnerabilities. We

   encourage you to read this bulletin, available from

   

   http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/ms99-019.asp

          

   We will update this advisory as more information becomes available.

   Please check the CERT/CC Web site for the most current revision.

     _________________________________________________________________

   

   Our thanks to Jason Garms and Scott Culp of Microsoft for providing

   information contained in this advisory.

   ______________________________________________________________________

   

   This document is available from:

   http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-99-07-IIS-Buffer-Overflow.html.

   ______________________________________________________________________

   

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   Revision History



June 16, 1999:  Initial release

June 18, 1999:  Added information about .STM and .IDC files.





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