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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2002.676 -- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-067
E-mail Header Processing Flaw Could Cause Outlook 2002 to Fail (331866)
05 December 2002
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Outlook 2002
Vendor: Microsoft
Operating System: Windows
Impact: Denial of Service
Access Required: Remote
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Title: E-mail Header Processing Flaw Could Cause Outlook 2002
to Fail (331866)
Date: 04 December 2002
Software: Microsoft Outlook 2002
Impact: Denial of Service
Max Risk: Moderate
Bulletin: MS02-067
Microsoft encourages customers to review the Security Bulletins at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-067.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/MS02-067.asp
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Issue:
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Microsoft Outlook provides users with the ability to work with
e-mail, contacts, tasks, and appointments. Outlook e-mail handling
includes receiving, displaying, creating, editing, sending, and
organizing e-mail messages. When working with received e-mail
messages, Outlook processes information contained in the header of
the e-mail which carries information about where the e-mail came
from, its destination, and attributes of the message.
A vulnerability exists in Outlook 2002 in its processing of e-mail
header information. An attacker who successfully exploited the
vulnerability could send a specially malformed e-mail to a user of
Outlook 2002 that would cause the Outlook client to fail under
certain circumstances. The Outlook 2002 client would continue to
fail so long as the specially malformed e-mail message remained on
the e-mail server. The e-mail message could be deleted by an e-mail
administrator, or by the user via another e-mail client such as
Outlook Web Access or Outlook Express, after which point the
Outlook 2002 client would again function normally.
Mitigating Factors:
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- Outlook 2002 clients connecting to e-mail servers using the
MAPI protocol are not affected. Only Outlook 2002 clients using
POP3, IMAP, or WebDAV protocols are vulnerable.
- The vulnerability does not affect Outlook 2000 or Outlook Express.
- The vulnerability is a denial of service vulnerability only.
The attacker would not be able to access the user?s e-mail or
system in any way. The vulnerability could not be used to read,
delete, create, or alter the user?s e-mail.
- If an attacker was able to send a specially malformed e-mail that
successfully exploited this vulnerability, the specially
malformed e-mail could be deleted either by an e-mail
administrator, or by the user via another e-mail client such as
Outlook Web Access or Outlook Express. Once the specially
malformed e-mail has been removed, normal operation would resume.
Risk Rating:
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- Moderate
Patch Availability:
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- A patch is available to fix this vulnerability. Please read the
Security Bulletin at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-067.asp
for information on obtaining this patch.
Acknowledgment:
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- Richard Lawley
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