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Sid
3-12636

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in Outlook Express.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. 

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Detailed Information:
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and earlier, and Windows Mail for Vista allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) responses that trigger memory corruption.

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Affected Systems:
Microsoft Outlook Express 6
Windows Mail for Vista

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Attack Scenarios:
An attacker would need to host a malicious NNTP server that a user could connect to. The vulnerability can be exploited in a malicious server response.

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Ease of Attack:
Simple.

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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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