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| Rule General Information |
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| Release Date: | 2015-01-06 | |
| Rule Name: | Microsoft Webdav XML Message Handler Denial of Service Vulnerability -2 (CVE-2003-0718) | |
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| Rule Protection Details |
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| Description: | The WebDAV Message Handler for Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0, 5.1, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU exhaustion, application crash) via a PROPFIND request with an XML message containing XML elements with a large number of attributes. | |
| Impact: | An attacker can launch a denial of service attack by exploiting the vulnerability successfully. | |
| Affected OS: | Windows | |
| Reference: | MicrosoftSecurityBulletin:ms04-030 |
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| Solutions |
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| Microsoft has released a patch MS04-030 to eliminate the vulnerability. The patch can be downloaded at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-030.asp |