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Yahoo! Messenger Two ActiveX Controls Buffer Overflows

Secunia Advisory:

SA25547

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Release Date:

2007-06-07

Last Update:

2007-06-13

Popularity:

28,858 views

Critical:

Extremely critical

Impact:

System access

Where:

From remote

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

Software:

Yahoo! Messenger 8.x

Binary Analysis:

BA147 :: Available for 1 Credit

BA149 :: Available for 1 Credit

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Solution:
Update to the latest version.
http://messenger.yahoo.com

Set the kill-bit for the affected ActiveX controls.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Danny

Also independently discovered by:
Greg Linares, eEye Digital Security.

Changelog:
2007-06-08: Updated "Solution" section. Added vendor link.
2007-06-11: Added links to US-CERT and eEye Digital Security.
2007-06-13: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
Yahoo:
http://messenger.yahoo.com/security_update.php?id=060707

Full-Disclosure:
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-June/063817.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-June/063819.html

eEye Digital Security:
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070608.html

Other References:
US-CERT VU#932217:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/932217

US-CERT VU#949817:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/949817

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