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IIS FrontPage ISAPI Denial of Service

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Tests for a DoS in IIS

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

There's a denial of service vulnerability on the remote host
in the Front Page ISAPI filter.

A possible hacker may use this flaw to prevent the remote service
from working properly.

Solution: See http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-018.mspx
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 1066, 4479

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2002 Renaud Deraison

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