Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10326
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	Yahoo Messenger/Pager DoS Vulnerability
Summary:	Yahoo Messenger or Pager is prone to a denial of service (DoS); vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: Yahoo Messenger or Pager is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: The flaw is cause due to buffer overflow error while sending a long URL within a message. Vulnerability Impact: Successful attacks can cause Yahoo Messenger to crash by sending a few bytes of garbage into its listening port TCP 5101. Affected Software/OS: Yahoo Messenger/Pager is known to be affected. Solution: No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one. CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2000-0047 Bugtraq: 20000117 Yahoo Pager/Messanger Buffer Overflow (Google Search) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-2000-0047 XForce ISS Database: yahoo-messenger-pager-dos
Copyright	Copyright (C) 1999 SecuriTeam

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