2566 : Yahoo! Chat / Messenger Multiple Parameter Remote Overflows
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
10	296	over 8 years ago	over 4 years ago	0 times	85%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Exploit Publish Date	Disclosure Date
2003-09-16	2003-09-16	2003-09-17

Description

A remote overflow exists in Yahoo! Chat and Messenger. The Yahoo! Chat and Messenger fails to validate the "TargetName" and the "AppID" parameters resulting in a stack and heap overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can cause the execution of arbitrary code resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.0 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. In addition, Yahoo! Inc. has released a patch for some older versions.

Products

Yahoo! Inc.	Instant Messenger	build 733
		build 734
		3.5
	Messenger	4.0
		5.0
		5.0.1046
		5.0.1065
		5.0.1232
		5.5
	Webcam ActiveX Control	2.0.0.107

References

ISS X-Force ID: 13210
Bugtraq ID: 8634
Secunia Advisory ID: 9760
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://messenger.yahoo.com/messenger/security/

Credit

Cesar Cerrudo - cesarc56yahoo.com -

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