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Yahoo! Messenger Conference Invite Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22510
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Release Date:
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2006-10-25
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Last Update:
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2006-10-31
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Popularity:
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9,968 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Yahoo! Messenger 8.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-5563
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Description:
Gianni Amato has discovered a weakness in Yahoo! Messenger, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The weakness is caused due to a NULL pointer dereference error when processing received conference invites. This can be exploited to crash arbitrary users' Yahoo! Messenger clients by sending a Conference Invite packet containing a specially crafted "room name" string.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 8.0.0.716. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 8.1.0.195 or later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Gianni Amato
Changelog:
2006-10-31: Added CVE reference.
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