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From: cdowns at drippingdead.com (cdowns)
Subject: EEYE: Microsoft ASN.1 Library Length	Overflow
 Heap Corruption

I agree, there is a problem with that because most Microsoft patches are 
updating a dll. So if your are not looking for both you dont have an 
accurate check.

I know this first hand from writing crappy Microcrap perl patch auditing 
tools.

~!>D

Joao Gouveia wrote:

>I can't say about Retina, but nessus only seams to check the existence
>of the hotifx by looking at the registry. 
>
>JG
>
>On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 09:02, Philippe wrote:
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>>Note that nessus or retina should (not tested) detect remotely that flaw.
>>
>>See nessus pluging source for exploit ;-):
>>- http://cgi.nessus.org/plugins/dump.php3?id=12052
>>
>>Or update your security scanners
>>- http://www.nessus.org
>>- http://www.eeye.com/html/Products/Retina/index.html
>>
>>Hope this helps
>>Regards
>>
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