Microsoft ISA Server 2000 H.323 Filter memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft ISA Server 2000. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component H.323 Filter. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2003-0819. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft ISA Server 2000 (Firewall Software). This affects an unknown functionality of the component H.323 Filter. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the H.323 filter of Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the Microsoft Firewall Service via certain H.323 traffic, as demonstrated by the NISCC/OUSPG PROTOS test suite for the H.225 protocol.

The weakness was disclosed 01/13/2004 with UK National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination as MS04-001 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-0819. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11992 (MS04-001: Vulnerability in Microsoft ISA Server 2000 H.323 Filter(816458)), 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 90535 (Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000 Remote Code Execution (MS04-001)).

Applying the patch MS04-001 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 2588.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (14177), Tenable (11992), SecurityFocus (BID 9408†), Secunia (SA10611†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1008698†). Further details are available at vuldb.com. The entry VDB-476 is pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 11992
Nessus Name: MS04-001: Vulnerability in Microsoft ISA Server 2000 H.323 Filter(816458)
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OpenVAS ID: 11992
OpenVAS Name: Vulnerability in Microsoft ISA Server 2000 H.323 Filter(816458)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS04-001
Researcher: http://www.niscc.gov.uk
Organization: UK National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0819 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0819
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-477

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X-Force: 14177
SecurityFocus: 9408 - Microsoft ISA Server 2000 H.323 Filter Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 10611 - Microsoft ISA Server 2000 H.323 Protocol Filter Vulnerability, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1008698 - Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server H.323 Buffer Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
Vulnerability Center: 3450 - [MS04-001] Buffer Overflow in Microsoft ISA Server 2000, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/15/2004 09:57
Updated: 07/21/2025 04:23
Changes: 01/15/2004 09:57 (92), 10/08/2018 15:43 (6), 03/09/2021 10:16 (3), 12/31/2024 08:12 (15), 07/21/2025 04:23 (2)
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