[SX-20010320-2b] - Followup re. Microsoft ISA Server Denial of Service

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Date: Tue Apr 17 2001 - 09:02:34 PDT

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    FSC Internet Corp. / SecureXpert Labs Advisory [SX-20010320-2b]
    
    This is a follow-up to:
      [SX-20010320-2] Denial of Service in Microsoft ISA server v1.0
    
    
    Several individuals have pointed out an easier exploit scenario for this
    vulnerability, which additionally does NOT require the Web Publishing
    feature of ISA server to be active.
    
    The new exploit consists simply of sending an HTML email message containing
    an IMG tag with a SRC value URL of the form described in [SX-20010320-2] to a
    recipient within the protected network.
    
    When this message is read, the recipient's web browser will generate an
    HTTP request which will trigger the W3PROXY.EXE access violation and therefore
    the denial of service.
    
    Another variation involves sending an HTML email message containing Javascript
    or VBScript which generates such a URL request to a recipient within the
    protected network.  However, some web browsers may be configured not to
    execute Javascript VBScript within the context of an email message.
    
    
    Status
    
    Microsoft Corp. was informed of this additional exploit scenario on April 17,
    2001.  The hotfix issued by Microsoft on April 16, 2001 already provides a
    solution for this additional scenario.
    
    
    Credits
    
    Richard Reiner, SecureXpert Labs
    Graham Wiseman, SecureXpert Labs
    Matthew Siemens, SecureXpert Labs
    Kent Nicolson, SecureXpert Labs
    Hank Leininger <hlein@progressive-comp.com>
    
    
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