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TITLE:
Yahoo! Messenger Unspecified ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23401

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23401/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Yahoo! Messenger 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/12122/
Yahoo! Messenger 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/4448/
Yahoo! Messenger 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/5956/
Yahoo! Messenger 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/1639/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Yahoo! Messenger, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in an ActiveX
control and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow. No further
information is currently available.

The vulnerability is reported in versions obtained prior to Nov 2,
2006.

SOLUTION:
Update to the latest version.
http://messenger.yahoo.com/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://messenger.yahoo.com/security_update.php?id=120806

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