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Yahoo! Chat and Messenger Stack and Heap Overflows
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA9760
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Release Date:
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2003-09-17
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Popularity:
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12,569 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Yahoo! Chat
Yahoo! Messenger 5.x
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Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been identified in Yahoo! Chat and Messenger possibly allowing malicious people to execute arbitrary code through HTML documents.
The problem is that the "TargetName" parameter isn't properly verified in Yahoo! Webcam Viewer Wrapper ActiveX control. This can be exploited to cause both a stack and a heap based overflow which possibly could lead to execution of arbitrary code.
Another problem has been identified in the handling of the "AppId" parameter in the YInstStarter ActiveX control. This may be exploited to cause a heap overflow which could lead to execution of arbitrary code.
Solution:
Remove all Yahoo! ActiveX controls and reinstall the software from Yahoo!.
The following page will try to detect if you are vulnerable and upgrade your ActiveX control's.
http://messenger.yahoo.com/messenger/security/
Secunia recommend that you deactive ActiveX and Active Scripting. ActiveX and Active Scripting should only be allowed on a site per site basis.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Cesar Cerrudo
Original Advisory:
http://messenger.yahoo.com/messenger/security/
(Page trying to detect if you need the update)
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