Re: ICQ remote buffer overflow vulnerability

[elijah wright <elw () stderr org>]

> This is very similar to the AIM overflow recently discovered.
> ICQ protocol uses the same TLV (2711) packet and there is a similar
> weakness in the parsing of the packet.

duh, that's because its essentially the same protocol.  :)

ICQ clients should probably be viewed with the same suspicion as the
vulnerable AIM clients.

elijah