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              AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
                             
           ESB-2000.070 -- Microsoft Security Bulletin (MS00-025)
                 Procedure Available to Eliminate "Link View
                    Server-Side Component" Vulnerability
                                18 April 2000

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Microsoft Corporation has released the following security bulletin
concerning a procedure to eliminate a security vulnerability. This
vulnerability may allow a malicious user to cause a web server to crash,
or allow the user to run arbitrary code on the server.

This Microsoft bulletin has been updated several times but the remediation 
steps remain the same, such that a site running an affected web server 
should delete the affected file: Dvwssr.dll. 

Please see the following URL for complete information regarding this issue:

	http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms00-025.asp


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This security bulletin is provided as a service to AusCERT's members.
As AusCERT did not write the document referenced above, AusCERT has
had no control over its content.  The decision to use any or all
of this information is the responsibility of each user or organisation,
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.

Previous advisories and external security bulletins can be retrieved from:

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

If you believe that your system has been compromised, contact AusCERT or
your representative in FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security
Teams).

Internet Email: auscert@auscert.org.au
Facsimile:	(07) 3365 7031
Telephone:	(07) 3365 4417 (International: +61 7 3365 4417)
		AusCERT personnel answer during Queensland business hours
		which are GMT+10:00 (AEST).
		On call after hours for emergencies.


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