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                       The U.S. Department of Energy
                     Computer Incident Advisory Center
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                             INFORMATION BULLETIN

             Microsoft Index Server ISAPI Extension Buffer Overflow
                     [Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-033]

June 19, 2001 17:00 GMT                                           Number L-098
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PROBLEM:       The idq.dll extension contains a buffer overflow in the code
               handling input URLs.
PLATFORM:      Windows NT, 2000; affects IIS web servers: Index Server 2.0 and
               Indexing Service.
DAMAGE:        The idq.dll executes in the system context, therefore this exploit
               could result in a system compromise, allowing the attacker
               to execute code of his/her choice.
SOLUTION:      Apply the patches described in Microsoft's bulletin
               immediately.
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VULNERABILITY  VERY HIGH. This vulnerability is remotely exploitable, and can
ASSESSMENT:    result in total system or Administrator compromise.
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CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Microsoft for the
information contained in this bulletin.
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