[SECURITY-L] Vulnerability Note VU#117394

[Caio Souza]

Vulnerability Note VU#117394Buffer Overflow in Microsoft IIS 5.0OverviewA buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Microsoft IIS 5.0 running on Microsoft Windows 2000. IIS 5.0 is installed and running by default on Microsoft Windows 2000 server systems. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to run arbitrary code on the victim machine. 
An exploit is publicly available for this vulnerability, which increases the urgency that system administrators apply a patch. I. DescriptionIIS 5.0 includes support for WebDAV, which allows users to manipulate files stored on a web server (RFC2518). A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in ntdll.dll (a portion of code utilized by the IIS WebDAV component). By sending a specially crafted request to an IIS 5.0 server, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code in the Local System security context, essentially giving the attacker compete control of the system. II. ImpactAny attacker who can reach a vulnerable web server can gain complete control of the system and execute arbitrary code in the Local System security context. Note that this may be significantly more serious than a simple "web defacement." III. SolutionApply a patch from your vendor 

A patch is available from Microsoft at

http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C9A38D45-5145-4844-B62E-C69D32AC929B&displaylang=en 

Disable vulnerable service

Until a patch can be applied, you may wish to disable IIS. To determine if IIS is running, Microsoft recommends the following:

Go to "Start | Settings | Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Services". If the "World Wide Web Publishing" service is listed then IIS is installed

To disable IIS, run the IIS lockdown tool. This tool is available here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=43955

If you cannot disable IIS, consider using the IIS lockdown tool to disable WebDAV (removing WebDAV can be specified when running the IIS lockdown tool). Alternatively, you can disable WebDAV by following the instructions located in Microsoft's Knowledgebase Article 241520, "How to Disable WebDAV for IIS 5.0":

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;241520

Restrict buffer size

If you cannot use either IIS lockdown tool or URLScan, consider restricting the size of the buffer IIS utilizes to process requests by using Microsoft's URL Buffer Size Registry Tool. This tool can be run against a local or remote Windows 2000 system running Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 or Service Pack 3. The tool, instructions on how to use it, and instructions on how to manually make changes to the registry are available here:

URL Buffer Size Registry Tool - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=14875
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 816930 - http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;816930
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 260694 - http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;260694

You may also wish to use URLScan, which will block web requests that attempt to exploit this vulnerability. Information about URLScan is available at:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];326444 
Systems AffectedVendorStatusDate UpdatedMicrosoft CorporationVulnerable17-Mar-2003References

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/technologies/web/default.asp
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2518.txt
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-007.asp
http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C9A38D45-5145-4844-B62E-C69D32AC929B&displaylang=en
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-007.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=43955
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;241520
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;%5BLN%5D;326444
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=14875
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;816930
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;260694 Credit

This document was written by Ian A Finlay. Other InformationDate Public03/17/2003Date First Published03/17/2003 02:26:26 PMDate Last Updated03/17/2003CERT AdvisoryCA-2003-09CVE NameCAN-2003-0109Metric112.50Document Revision4
 

 

 

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