Yahoo! Messenger 8.0 Conference Invite Room Name denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Yahoo! Messenger 8.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Conference Invite Room Name Handler. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2006-5563. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Yahoo! Messenger 8.0 (Messaging Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Conference Invite Room Name 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 availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Yahoo! Messenger (Service 18) before 8.1.0.195 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) via a crafted room name in a Conference Invite. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained from third party information.

The bug was discovered 10/25/2006. The weakness was shared 10/25/2006 by Gianni Amato as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-5563 since 10/27/2006. 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.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at messenger.yahoo.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30002), SecurityFocus (BID 20625†), OSVDB (30021†), Secunia (SA22510†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-14037†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Base Score: 7.5
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: messenger.yahoo.com

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10/19/2006 🔍
10/25/2006 +6 days 🔍
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07/13/2019 +4561 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: yahoo.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Gianni Amato
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-5563 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5563
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2634
X-Force: 30002
SecurityFocus: 20625 - Yahoo! Messenger Service 18 Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 22510 - Yahoo! Messenger Conference Invite Denial of Service, Not Critical
OSVDB: 30021 - Yahoo! Messenger Malformed Conference Invite DoS
Vulnerability Center: 14037 - Yahoo! Messenger before 8.1.0.195 Remote Denial of Service via a Crafted Conference Invite, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-4193

Entryinfo

Created: 10/30/2006 09:06
Updated: 07/13/2019 18:06
Changes: 10/30/2006 09:06 (76), 07/13/2019 18:06 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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