Microsoft Outlook Express "A HREF" denial of service
| outlook-express-href-dos (10067) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Microsoft Outlook Express is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by a buffer overflow in the decoding of HTML emails. By sending an HTML email containing an overly long <A HREF> link, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the victim's Outlook Express client to crash.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
This vulnerability is reported to have been fixed in Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1. This update can be downloaded from the Microsoft Windows Update Web site. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Sep 09 2002 - 15:01:42 CDT : Small bug crashes OE .
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Sep 09 2002 - 15:44:42 CDT: Small correction....
- Microsoft Windows Update Web site: Microsoft Windows Update.
- BID-5682: Alleged Outlook Express Link Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-2164: Buffer overflow in Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long <A HREF> link.
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5
- Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0
Reported:
Sep 09, 2002
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