Microsoft KB Archive/177217

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XADM: Store Stops with NNTP XHDR on Large Number of Articles

Article ID: 177217

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition



This article was previously published under Q177217


SYMPTOMS

The Microsoft Exchange Server information store may terminate unexpectedly when an NNTP XHDR command is issued against a newsgroup that is homed on an Exchange Server computer and contains a large number of articles.


CAUSE

The length of the buffer to hold the properties needed for the XHDR command is calculated incorrectly and can result in memory corruption and the process terminating.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K



Additional query words: GPF general protection fault hang

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB177217