CVE-2005-1618 Information

Description

The YMSGR URL handler in Yahoo! Messenger 5.x through 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disconnect) via 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 which triggers a disconnect from the server.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111601904204055&w=2 http://www.osvdb.org/16816 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13626