Bugtraq: Re: EEYE: Microsoft ASN.1 Library Length Overflow Heap Corruption

[James Riden <j.riden () massey ac nz>]

"Marc Maiffret" <mmaiffret () eeye com> writes:

> This attack can be performed through various encryption systems such as
> Kerberos and almost anything using CERTs... I am not sure about
> Microsofts wording in their advisory.
I think they use the ominous phrase "many possible vectors"; if
anything kicks off, containing it may not be anything like as easy as
blocking 135/tcp.  How easy does it look to exploit it?

Regardless, this one is going to get patched ASAP here.

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