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	                       The U.S. Department of Energy
	                   Computer Incident Advisory Capability
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	                             INFORMATION BULLETIN
	
	             Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Security Bypass
	                              [ISS X-Force 16276]
	
	June 11, 2004 16:00 GMT                                           Number O-160
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	PROBLEM:       Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server could allow a user with 
	               an expired password to access the Microsoft Windows 2000 
	               domain. 
	PLATFORM:      Microsoft Corporation: Windows 2000 Advanced Server 
	DAMAGE:        An user could gain unauthorized access to the domain. 
	SOLUTION:      Apply the appropriate hotfix for your system. 
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	VULNERABILITY  The risk is LOW. A user could gain unauthorized access, but the 
	ASSESSMENT:    fully qualified domain name (FQDN) must be exactly 8 characters 
	               long and the user must have an expired password. 
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	LINKS: 
	 CIAC BULLETIN:      http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-160.shtml 
	 ORIGINAL BULLETIN:  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/16276 
	 CVE/CAN:            http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= 
	                     CVE-2004-0540 
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		Visit ISS X-Force web site for their publication of this information.
					http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/16276
	
	
					
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	CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of ISS X-Force for the 
	information contained in this bulletin.
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