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Yahoo Messenger Denial of Service attack

Family:

Denial of Service

Category:

denial

Copyright:

This script is Copyright (C) 1999 SecuriTeam

Summary:

Yahoo Messenger Denial of Service attack

Version:

$Revision: 1.12 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2000-0047

Bugtraq_id:

-

Xrefs:

-

Description:

It is possible to cause Yahoo Messenger to crash by sending a few bytes
of garbage into its listening port TCP 5010.

Solution: Block those ports from outside communication

Risk factor : Low