Overview
A vulnerability in a Microsoft HTTP Proxy component may lead to a denial of service.
Description
Microsoft's COM Internet Sevices (CIS) and Remote Procedure Call (RPC) over HTTP Proxy contain a vulnerability that could permit an attacker to cause a denial of service. When a forwarded request is passed over either of these components to the backend system, an attacker may be able to reply to the request with a specially crafted response. This could cause the vulnerable components to stop accepting future requests. This vulnerability affects the following systems:
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Impact
A remote attacker may be able to stop the vulnerable component from accepting messages. This would lead to a denial of service. |
Solution
Apply a patch from the vendor |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
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| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
The Microsoft Security Bulletin thanks Qualys for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Jason A Rafail.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2003-0807 |
| Severity Metric: | 5.32 |
| Date Public: | 2004-04-13 |
| Date First Published: | 2004-04-14 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2004-04-14 00:36 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 9 |