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MS04-030: Vulnerability in WebDAV XML message handler could lead to a denial of service

Article ID:824151
Last Review:June 5, 2006
Revision:3.8
Microsoft has released security bulletin MS04-030. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update, including file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:
Home users:
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/default.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/default.mspx)
IT professionals:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-030.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-030.mspx)

Note The WebDAV software update that is associated with Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-030 includes a new entry to the IIS metabase named WebDAVMaxAttributesPerElement.

For more information about how to use this new entry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
888164 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888164/) FIX: A WebDAV request that has many XML attributes may fail after you apply the WebDAV software update that is associated with MS04-030

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Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 64-Bit Datacenter Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0
Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0
Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.1

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