Re: IM exploitable vulnerabilities .. any pointers?

["Alice Bryson" <abryson () bytefocus com>]

hi, GAIM has been found to be exploitable remotely, although it is a
old vulnerability. I wish this information may help you.

Gaim, an instant messenger client, contains a number of bugs which may
allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host.
To exploit these bugs, an attacker would need to send malformed instant
messages to a user of this host.
See CAN-2004-0005, CAN-2004-0006, CAN-2004-0007, CAN-2004-0008


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2006/6/29, nikun <nikunh () gmail com>:
> PS: sorry for sending it to multiple lists, I want all the information I can collect.
>
> Hi Guyz,
> I am compiling a research paper for exploitable vulnerabilities with
> instant messengers (not website, only IM ... client side) like yahoo,
> hotmail, gmail, LCS, sametime, jabber and stuff like that. Does anybody
> have some good references, mailing lists, urls or papers regarding them. Is anybody
> working actively in this field?
>
> This paper is an episode from a series of papers which talk about
> alternative entry points for hackers and their counter measures. ummm.. Something like OOB
> access :-)
>
> Thankyou,
> Nikun
>
>
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