Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-036:
Vulnerability in NNTP Could Allow Remote Code Execution (883935)
Bulletin URL:
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-036.mspx>
Version Number: 1.0
Issued Date: Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Impact of Vulnerability: Remote Code Execution
Maximum Severity Rating: Critical
Patch(es) Replaced: None
Caveats: None
Tested Software:
Affected Software:
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* Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Service Pack 6a
<http://tinyurl.com/726tm>
* Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 3 and Microsoft Windows 2000
Server Service Pack 4
<http://tinyurl.com/3hrlu>
* Microsoft Windows Server(tm) 2003
<http://tinyurl.com/5a6dw>
* Microsoft Windows Server 2003 64-Bit Edition Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
Service Pack 3 (Uses the Windows 2000 NNTP component) Microsoft Exchange Server
2003 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (Uses the Windows 2000
or Windows Server 2003 NNTP component)
<http://tinyurl.com/4exhv>
Affected Components:
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* Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Service Pack 6a NNTP component
* Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 3 NNTP component and Microsoft
Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4 NNTP component
* Microsoft Windows Server 2003 NNTP Component
* Microsoft Windows Server 2003 64-Bit Edition NNTP Component
Technical Description:
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* NNTP Vulnerability - CAN-2004-0574: A remote code execution vulnerability
exists within the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) component of the
affected operating systems. This vulnerability could potentially affect systems
that do not use NNTP. This is because some programs that are listed in the
affected software section require that the NNTP component be enabled before you
can install them. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a
malicious request that could potentially allow remote code execution. An
attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete
control of an affected system.
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