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A flaw exists in version 5.0 of Microsoft IIS that makes it subject to a potential denial of service attack. The problem occurs when the server is preparing the MIME headers for the response to a HTTP request for a certain type of file. Under certain circumstances, a failure causing the server to stop responding may occur. In order for this vulnerability to be successfully exploited, a user would need appropriate permissions to add content to the web server. No further technical details are available at this time.

A flaw exists in version 5.0 of Microsoft IIS that makes it subject to a potential denial of service attack. The problem occurs when the server is preparing the MIME headers for the response to a HTTP request for a certain type of file. Under certain circumstances, a failure causing the server to stop responding may occur. In order for this vulnerability to be successfully exploited, a user would need appropriate permissions to add content to the web server. No further technical details are available at this time.