bugtraq - Re: EEYE: Microsoft ASN.1 Library Length Overflow Heap Corruption

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Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 13:04:55 +1300
From: James Riden <j.riden@...sey.ac.nz>
To: "Marc Maiffret" <mmaiffret@...e.com>
Cc: "Joe Blatz" <sd_wireless@...oo.com>, <BUGTRAQ@...urityfocus.com>
Subject: Re: EEYE: Microsoft ASN.1 Library Length Overflow Heap Corruption


"Marc Maiffret" <mmaiffret@...e.com> writes:

> This attack can be performed through various encryption systems such as
> Kerberos and almost anything using CERTs... I am not sure about
> Microsofts wording in their advisory.

I think they use the ominous phrase "many possible vectors"; if
anything kicks off, containing it may not be anything like as easy as
blocking 135/tcp.  How easy does it look to exploit it?

Regardless, this one is going to get patched ASAP here.

-- 
James Riden / j.riden@...sey.ac.nz / Systems Security Engineer
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