Microsoft KB Archive/160604

= Access Violation in security!SspQueryContextAttributesW =

Article ID: 160604

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q160604



SYMPTOMS
When SECPKG_ATTR_NAMES or SECPKG_ATTR_DCE_INFO attributes are requested, using SspQueryContextAttributesW routine, an access violation is generated during cleanup code in this routine.



CAUSE
It appears that SspQueryContextAttributesW leaves pDceInfo uninitialized if SspDllGetLpcHandle fails.



RESOLUTION
Apply Service Pack 2 for Windows NT 4.0.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest US Service Pack for Windows NT. For information on obtaining this update, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt crash decinfo null

Keywords: kbprogramming KB160604

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