National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-0554
Original release date:05/02/2005
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Buffer overflow in the URL processor of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a URL with a long hostname, aka "URL Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0 incomplete approximation):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA05-102A
Name: TA05-102A
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#756122
Name: VU#756122
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: MS
Name: MS05-020
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: IDEFENSE
Name: 20050412 Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer Long Hostname Heap Corruption Vulnerability
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 14922
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:789
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:789
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3817
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3817
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2559
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2559
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2253
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2253
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1196
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1196
Type: Tool Signature
References to Check Content
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:789
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3817
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1196
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2559
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2253
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5