Yahoo! Messenger <= 7.5.0.184 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3665
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Synopsis
The remote host is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.Description
The remote host is running a version of Yahoo! Messenger that is reported vulnerable to a remote overflow. An attacker exploiting this flaw would craft a malicious message that included non-ASCII characters. The attacker would then send the malformed message to another Yahoo! Messenger user. When the user received the malicious message, the overflow would be triggered and the application would crash. In addition, the remote client is vulnerable to a flaw where remote users can initiate a browser connection by sending a malformed string to the Yahoo! Messenger Client.Solution
Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 3665
Family: Internet Messengers
Published: 6/23/2006
Updated: 3/6/2019
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.3
Temporal Score: 3.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:F/RL:U/RC:ND
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 4.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:U/RC:X
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2006-3298