PT-2005-2597 · Yahoo · Yahoo! Messenger

Torseq Tech · Published 2005-05-16 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2005-1618

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Yahoo! Messenger versions 5.x through 6.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a disconnect from the server. This is achieved by sending a room login or a room join request packet with a third colon and an ampersand, which causes Messenger to send a corrupted packet to the server.

Recommendations For Yahoo! Messenger versions 5.x through 6.0, consider restricting the use of the YMSGR URL handler until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the room login or room join request functionality with packets containing a third colon and an ampersand to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-1618

Affected Products

Yahoo! Messenger

References · 5

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/25658 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1618 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111601904204055&w=2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/13626 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/16816 · Note