PT-2006-6278 · Yahoo · Yahoo! Messenger

Published 2006-10-27 · Updated 2018-10-17 · CVE-2006-5563

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 version 8.1.0.194 and earlier

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL dereference and application crash, via a crafted room name in a Conference Invite.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 8.1.0.195, update to version 8.1.0.195 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-5563

Affected Products

Yahoo! Messenger

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5563 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22510 · Vendor Advisory
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0566.html · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0518.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/20625 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4193 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/449667/100/0/threaded · Note