Yahoo! Messenger 7.0.438/7.5.0.814 Message denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Yahoo! Messenger 7.0.438/7.5.0.814. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Message Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2006-3298. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is preferable to disable the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Yahoo! Messenger 7.0.438/7.5.0.814 (Messaging Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Yahoo! Messenger 7.5.0.814 and 7.0.438 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via messages that contain non-ASCII characters, which triggers the crash in jscript.dll.

The bug was discovered 06/22/2006. The weakness was published 06/22/2006 by Ivan Ivan (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at messenger.yahoo.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-3298 since 06/28/2006. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at secunia.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at messenger.yahoo.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (27319), SecurityFocus (BID 18622†), OSVDB (26781†), Secunia (SA20773†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-14038†). Similar entries are available at VDB-290 and VDB-291. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Disable
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Patch: messenger.yahoo.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: yahoo.com

Advisory: messenger.yahoo.com
Researcher: Ivan Ivan
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-3298 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3298
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2335
X-Force: 27319 - Yahoo! Messenger non-ASCII denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 18622 - Yahoo! Messenger Message Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 20773 - Yahoo! Messenger Denial of Service Weakness, Not Critical
OSVDB: 26781 - Yahoo! Messenger jscript.dll Non-Ascii Character DoS
Vulnerability Center: 14038 - Yahoo! Messenger Remote Denial of Service via Messages with Non-ASCII Characters, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2006 10:48
Updated: 07/13/2019 18:13
Changes: 06/27/2006 10:48 (79), 07/13/2019 18:13 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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