CVE-2007-4429 Information

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Skype allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server hang) via unknown vectors related to sending long URIs as claimed to be actively exploited on 20070817 using a \call to a specific number.\ NOTE: this identifier is for the en.securitylab.ru disclosure. According to the vendor this issue is separate from the \sign-on issues\ that reduced Skype service on 20070817 which appears to be a site-specific problem. As of 20070821 it is not clear whether this issue is simply a symptom of the larger sign-on problem.

Reference

http://blogs.csoonline.com/the_skype_mystery_why_blame_the_august_windows_updates http://en.securitylab.ru/poc/301420.php http://en.securitylab.ru/poc/extra/301419.php http://heartbeat.skype.com/2007/08/what_happened_on_august_16.html http://heartbeat.skype.com/2007/08/where_we_are_at_1100_gmt.html http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3032 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476942/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477156/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477178/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477240/100/0/threaded http://www.securitylab.ru/news/301422.php