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A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft IIS 4.0/5.0 (Web Server) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function Response.AddHeader
of the component ASP. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 04/10/2002. The weakness was published 05/28/2003 with Microsoft as MS03-018 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-0225 since 04/30/2003. The attack can only be done within the local network. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 413 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11683 (MS03-018: Cumulative Patch for Internet Information Services (11114)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86594 (Microsoft IIS Cumulative Patch Missing (MS03-018)).
Upgrading to version 1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS03-018 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1801.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (13116) and Tenable (11683). Additional details are provided at heise.de. Similar entries are available at 15, 83, 84 and 86.
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CPE 2.3
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Nessus ID: 11683
Nessus Name: MS03-018: Cumulative Patch for Internet Information Services (11114)
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OpenVAS ID: 101017
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Upgrade: IIS 1
Patch: MS03-018
Snort ID: 1801
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS03-018
Researcher: http://www.microsoft.com
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2003-0225 (🔍)
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X-Force: 13116
Vulnerability Center: 3394 - [MS03-018] DoS in IIS 4.0, 5.0 Due to Improper Memory Requests Handling During Header Construction, High
SecurityFocus: 7733 - Microsoft IIS ASP Header Denial Of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 3316 - Microsoft IIS HTTP Header Field Delimiter Overflow
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Entry
Created: 05/28/2003 02:00Updated: 03/08/2021 11:30
Changes: 05/28/2003 02:00 (96), 06/25/2019 20:24 (1), 03/08/2021 11:30 (2)
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