Yahoo! Messenger Chat Room Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:22407

Info

Yahoo! Messenger Chat Room Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 22407
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2007-0868
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 05 2007 12:00AM
Updated: May 12 2015 07:34PM
Credit: This issue was reported by frisky chris.
Vulnerable: Yahoo! Messenger 8.0
Yahoo! Messenger 7.5 .814
Yahoo! Messenger 7.0 .438
Yahoo! Messenger 6.0 .0.1921
Yahoo! Messenger 6.0 .0.1750
Yahoo! Messenger 6.0 .0.1643
Yahoo! Messenger 6.0
Yahoo! Messenger 5.6 .0.1358
Yahoo! Messenger 5.6 .0.1356
Yahoo! Messenger 5.6 .0.1355
Yahoo! Messenger 5.6 .0.1351
Yahoo! Messenger 5.6 .0.1347
Yahoo! Messenger 5.6
Yahoo! Messenger 5.5 .1249
Yahoo! Messenger 5.5
Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 .1232
Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 .1065
Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 .1046
Yahoo! Messenger 5.0
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP5
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP4
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP3
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP2
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
 - Microsoft Windows XP Home
Yahoo! Messenger 4.0
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP5
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP4
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP3
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP2
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
 - Microsoft Windows XP Home
Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.239
Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.209
Yahoo! Messenger 8.0.0.863
Yahoo! Messenger 8.0 2005.1.1.4
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Yahoo! Messenger Chat Room Denial of Service Vulnerability

Yahoo! Messenger is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

Successful exploits will deny service to legitimate users of the application.

Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.239 and prior versions are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Yahoo! Messenger Chat Room Denial of Service Vulnerability

An attacker may use a vulberable version of the application connected to a Yahoo! Messenger chat room to trigger this vulnerability.

Solution / Fix

Yahoo! Messenger Chat Room Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
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Yahoo! Messenger Chat Room Denial of Service Vulnerability

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