Short Name |
DNS:OVERFLOW:HOSTNAME-OF |
---|---|
Severity |
Major |
Recommended |
No |
Recommended Action |
Drop |
Category |
DNS |
Keywords |
Internet Explorer Hostname Overflow |
Release Date |
2005/04/11 |
Update Number |
1213 |
Supported Platforms |
idp-4.0+, isg-3.0+, j-series-9.5+, mx-11.4+, srx-12.1+, srx-branch-12.1+, vmx-17.4+, vsrx-12.1+, vsrx3bsd-18.2+ |
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Internet Explorer due to the way it handles certain URLs. An attacker can construct a malicious Web page, which can potentially allow remote code execution if a user visited this Web site or viewed a malicious e-mail message. An attacker could take complete control of an affected system. However, user interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.
A buffer overflow vulnerability is reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer. This issue is due to insufficient boundary verification of user-supplied input data causing a fixed-sized memory buffer to be overrun when attempting to copy data into it. This vulnerability allows attacker-supplied machine code to be executed in the context of the affected application.