Yahoo! Messenger up to 8.1.0.239 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Yahoo! Messenger and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2007-0868. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Yahoo! Messenger (Messaging Software). This affects an unknown part. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Chat Room functionality in Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.239 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

The bug was discovered 02/05/2007. The weakness was disclosed 02/05/2007 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-0868 since 02/09/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 (32592), SecurityFocus (BID 22407†), OSVDB (34696†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-17455†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/05/2007 🔍
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02/09/2007 +3 days 🔍
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04/02/2007 +52 days 🔍
01/27/2008 +299 days 🔍
03/13/2015 +2602 days 🔍
08/04/2019 +1605 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: yahoo.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-0868 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0868
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34947
X-Force: 32592
SecurityFocus: 22407 - Yahoo! Messenger Chat Room Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 34696 - Yahoo! Messenger Chat Room Functionality Unspecified Remote DoS
Vulnerability Center: 17455 - Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.239 Chat Room Functionality Remote DoS, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 08/04/2019 09:47
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (60), 08/04/2019 09:47 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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