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Sid
17653

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in internet information server.

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Impact:
 Information disclosure.  

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Detailed Information:
Microsoft IIS 5.1 and 6 allows remote attackers to spoof the SERVER_NAME variable to bypass security checks and conduct various attacks via a GET request with an http://localhost URI, which makes it appear as if the request is coming from localhost.

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Affected Systems:
microsoft internet information server 5.0
microsoft internet information server 5.1
microsoft internet information server 6.0

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Medium.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2005-2678:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2005-2678
  
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