PT-2003-2088 · Yahoo · Yahoo! Messenger

Published 2003-12-31 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2003-1135

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Yahoo! Messenger version 5.6

Description A buffer overflow issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash, by sending a file request with a large number of "%" characters after the Yahoo ID.

Recommendations For Yahoo! Messenger version 5.6, consider avoiding the use of the sendfile feature with untrusted sources until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the number of "%" characters allowed in file send requests to prevent the buffer overflow.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-1135

Affected Products

Yahoo! Messenger

References · 4

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/342472 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/23293 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/8894 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1135 · Security Note