Patch Available for "Malformed IMAP Request" Vulnerability

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              AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
                             
           ESB-2000.003 -- Microsoft Security Bulletin (MS00-001)
         Patch Available for "Malformed IMAP Request" Vulnerability
                               05 January 2000

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Microsoft Corporation has released the following security bulletin
concerning a buffer overrun vulnerability in the Microsoft(r) Commercial
Internet System (MCIS) Mail server 2.0 and 2.5.

This vulnerability may allow remote users to cause services on the server to
fail or cause arbitrary code to run on the server.

Microsoft has issued a patch which corrects this vulnerability:

       http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/MS00-001.asp

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and should be done so in accordance with site policies and procedures.

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact 
Microsoft Corporation directly.

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	http://www.auscert.org.au/Information/advisories.html

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Teams).

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