ASN.1 vulnerability — all we can do is patch & wait
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 129 KB
- Volume
- 2004
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1353-4858
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✦ Synopsis
A new Microsoft critical buffer overflow hole demands urgent patching.
If the buffer overflow flaw, which is in the ASN.1 protocol, is exploited, the system is wide open to an attacker's wishes. It is possible to install new programs, view, change or delete data as well as create new accounts with full privileges. "Buffer overflows are the biggest problem facing the security industry today", said Richard Starnes, head of Incident Response at Cable & Wireless. "It is imperative that organizations immediately apply the appropriate patches to ensure their systems are secure," said Marc Maiffret, founder of eEye. The holes were discovered by eEye security and affect Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003.
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