Yahoo! Instant Messenger Spoofed Username Vulnerability

BID:4164

Info

Yahoo! Instant Messenger Spoofed Username Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4164
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2002-0321
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 21 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 10:56AM
Credit: Discovered by Scott Woodward <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: 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
Not Vulnerable:

Exploit / POC

Yahoo! Instant Messenger Spoofed Username Vulnerability

Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] &lt;mailto:[email protected]&gt;.

Solution / Fix

Yahoo! Instant Messenger Spoofed Username Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

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Yahoo! Instant Messenger Spoofed Username Vulnerability

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