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WebDAV Buffer Overflow Attack Compromises IIS 5.0

Posted by timothy on from the what-this-old-thing dept.

rf0 writes "Well CERT is reporting a new overflow attack for IIS 5.0. Microsoft has released a bulletin. Better download those patches and fix another security hole." According to this CNET story, Microsoft says that this is already being exploited, at the very least since last Wednesday.

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  1. Here's an idea... by 0x1337 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Instead of wasting money and time plugging every hole in IIS, why just not use Apache or Zope?

    Both run on Win32. Both are free. Both are stable. Both are fast. Both are good.

  2. News on CNN by stratjakt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    o/t but check out this incredibly intelligent and insightful article on CNN.

    File-sharing sites allow trading of porn

    WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The same technology used to download music from file-sharing sites makes it possible to trade pornography, tech experts testified at a Capitol Hill hearing Thursday

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    Who says the government doesnt have my best interests in mind?

    My tax dollars at work. Now I can get porn on KaZaa, too.

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    I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
  3. Re:OK, so how about by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This HTML thing just doesn't work out for you, does it?