Reported July 31, 2002, by Microsoft.
VERSION AFFECTED
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Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) Versions 2.7, 2.6, and 2.5
DESCRIPTION
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) that could result in the SQL service failing or executing arbitrary code from a potential attacker. This vulnerability results from an unchecked buffer in the MDAC functions that handle the OpenRowSet command. A potential attacker who submits a database query that contains a specially malformed parameter within a call to the T-SQL OpenRowSet command could exploit this vulnerability. Although MDAC ships as a component of all versions of Windows, this vulnerability can be exploited only on SQL servers.
VENDOR RESPONSE
The vendor, Microsoft, has released Security Bulletin MS02-040 to address this vulnerability and recommends that affected users the appropriate patch mentioned in the security bulletin.
CREDIT
Discovered by David
Litchfield
of Next Generation Security Software.
