Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-021

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Date: Mon Apr 16 2001 - 07:20:48 PDT

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    Title:      Invalid Web Request Can Cause Access Violation in ISA 
                Server Web Proxy Service
    Date:       16 April 2001
    Software:   ISA Server 2000
    Impact:     Denial of service
    Bulletin:   MS01-021
    
    Microsoft encourages customers to review the Security Bulletin 
    at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-021.asp.
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    Issue:
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    The ISA Server Web Proxy service does not correctly handle web 
    requests that contain a particular type of malformed argument. 
    Processing such a request would result in an access violation, 
    which would cause the Web Proxy service to fail. This would disrupt 
    all ingoing and outgoing web proxy requests until the service was 
    restarted. 
    
    Mitigating Factors:
    ====================
     - The vulnerability could be exploited from the Internet only 
       if the Web Publishing feature were enabled. By default, 
       this feature is disabled. 
     - The vulnerability would not enable an attacker to breach the 
       security of the firewall - that is, it would not enable the 
       attacker to access protected resources or bypass the firewall. 
       It would only enable the attacker to deny legitimate service 
       to other users. 
     - The vulnerability would only allow the Web Proxy service to 
       be disrupted. Other ISA services would continue functioning 
       normally. 
    
    Patch Availability:
    ===================
     - A patch is available to fix this vulnerability. Please read 
       Security Bulletin
       http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms01-021.asp
       for information on obtaining this patch.
    
    Acknowledgment:
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     - Dr. Richard Reiner, Graham Wiseman, Matthew Siemens, and 
       Kent Nicolson of FSC Internet Corp. / SecureXpert Labs 
      (http://www.fscinternet.com / http://www.securexpert.com) 
    
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