Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 Username denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Yahoo! Messenger 5.0. This affects an unknown part of the component Username Handler. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2002-0321. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 (Messaging Software). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Username Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 allows remote attackers to spoof other users by modifying the username and using the spoofed username for social engineering or denial of service (flooding) attacks.

The weakness was released 06/25/2002 by Scott Wood (phoenix) as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is available at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-0321. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11432 (Yahoo! Messenger Detection), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (9183), Tenable (11432), SecurityFocus (BID 4164†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-874†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-18305, VDB-18307, VDB-18435 and VDB-18436. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 11432
Nessus Name: Yahoo! Messenger Detection
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OpenVAS ID: 11432
OpenVAS Name: Yahoo!Messenger is installed
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02/21/2002 🔍
06/25/2002 +124 days 🔍
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02/09/2003 +229 days 🔍
03/21/2003 +40 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +4130 days 🔍
10/23/2024 +3757 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: yahoo.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Scott Wood (phoenix)
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-0321 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0321
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18306
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X-Force: 9183
SecurityFocus: 4164 - Yahoo! Instant Messenger Spoofed Username Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 874 - Yahoo! Instant Messenger Spoofed Username Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 14:13
Updated: 10/23/2024 10:45
Changes: 07/11/2014 14:13 (68), 05/09/2019 10:05 (4), 06/27/2021 11:33 (3), 10/23/2024 10:45 (15)
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Cache ID: 216:CEB:103

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