Long URL Causes Inetinfo.exe to Fail Due to Stack Overflow

ID: Q240932

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Site Server version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

When a Web site is mapped to Site Server Membership Authentication, and a Web client sends a long URL to that Web site, Inetinfo.exe will fail due to stack overflow.

CAUSE

This problem is caused by Authfltr.dll. A stack overflow occurs as the result of an incorrect call to allocate resources. Alloca does not return a NULL pointer if there is not enough memory in the stack; it raises a Stack Overflow Exception, which must be handled.

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

Additional query words:

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