Microsoft KB Archive/187503

= Very Long URL Passed to ASP May Cause Access Violation =

Article ID: 187503

Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 3.0

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This article was previously published under Q187503



We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. IIS 6.0 significantly increases Web infrastructure security. For more information about IIS security-related topics, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/IIS.mspx





SYMPTOMS
When a very long Uniform Resource Locator (URL), usually with hundreds of forward slash (/) characters, is passed to an Active Server Pages (ASP) page on the Web server, an access violation occurs.



WORKAROUND
To resolve this problem, obtain the following fix.

This fix should have the following time stamp:      04/10/98  07:49p               382,576 asp.dll (Intel) 04/10/98 08:04p               557,328 asp.dll (Alpha)



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Internet Information Server version 3.0.

A supported fix is now available, but has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. Contact Microsoft Technical Support for more information.

Additional query words: violate hot fix qfe MapPath akz

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB187503

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