Patch Available for "Virtual Directory Naming" Vulnerability

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              AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
                             
           ESB-1999.198 -- Microsoft Security Bulletin (MS99-058)
        Patch Available for "Virtual Directory Naming" Vulnerability
                             22 December 1999

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Microsoft Corporation has released the following security bulletin
concerning a vulnerability in Microsoft(r) Internet Information Server and
other products that run atop it.  This vulnerability may cause a web server
to send the source code of .ASP and other files to a visiting user.

Microsoft has released a patch which eliminates this vulnerability:

       http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/MS99-058.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
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Telephone:	(07) 3365 4417 (International: +61 7 3365 4417)
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