67978 : Microsoft IIS Repeated Parameter Request Unspecified Remote DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2010-09-14

Description

Microsoft IIS contains a flaw that is due to a stack overflow error in the script processing code when handling repeated parameter requests. This can be exploited to crash the service via specially crafted requests to hosted ASP scripts, which write parameters from the request in the response.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Patch / RCS
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Microsoft has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Microsoft Corporation
IIS
6
5.1
7
7.5

References

Tools & Filters

49223

Credit

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2010-09-16 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_1 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_0 Integrity_impact_0 Availability_impact_1

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