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MS12-083: Addressing a missing certificate revocation check in IP-HTTPS

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

MS12-083 is being released to address a Security Feature Bypass, a class of vulnerability for which we do not frequently release security updates. This is the third such instance, with MS12-001 and MS12-032 previously having addressed Security Feature bypasses. The security feature being bypassed in the case of MS12-083 is the revocation check in IP-HTTPS.

More information about the IIS authentication bypass

Monday, May 18, 2009

Security Advisory 971492 provides official guidance about the new IIS authentication bypass vulnerability. We’d like to go into more detail in this blog to help you understand: Am I at risk? If so, what could happen? How can I protect myself? Which IIS configurations are at risk? Only a specific IIS configuration is at risk from this vulnerability.