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Microsoft SMTP Service and Exchange Routing Engine Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
SMTP problems
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
10.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
13 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The Microsoft Windows 2003 SMTP Service and Exchange Routing Engine have been reported prone to a buffer overflow. This occurs during the processing responses to DNS lookups.
Solution
Solution
Microsoft has released a bulletin that includes fixes to address this issue for supported versions of the operating system. Note that the fix for Exchange Server 2000 Service Pack 3 requires that the Exchange 2000 Server Post-Service Pack 3 (SP3) Update Rollup be installed as a prerequisite. See Knowledge Base article 870540 in the References section for further details on this rollup.