Form Data Corrupted When Using Web Posting Acceptor

ID: Q232110

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Site Server version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

When you send more than 256 characters in a form field to the Posting Acceptor along with a file of any size, the data that is retrieved from the form values and posted using WinInet, and the "repost" appears to be corrupted.

CAUSE

A hard-coded buffer is being overrun.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Site Server 3.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q219292 How to Obtain the Latest Site Server 3.0 Service Pack

STATUS

This problem was first corrected in Site Server 3.0 Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION

A buffer is now dynamically allocated based on the length of the string entered in the form field.

Additional query words:

Keywords : SS3SP3Fix
Version : winnt:3.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug