Overview
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is an application that allows one peer to communicate with another. A vulnerability exists that can crash the client of a victim.
Description
AIM permits users to send files from one peer to another. By sending a file with a long name, it is possible to crash the client of the recipient. |
Impact
By repeatedly sending this message with the file attached, a continued denial of service can be caused. |
Solution
This has been resolved in AIM for Windows beta version 4.8.2540. |
AIM permits the user to only accept messages from known/trusted peers. Enable this feature. |
Vendor Information
972499
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
This vulnerability was discovered by Robbie Saunders.
This document was written by Jason Rafail.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | None |
| Severity Metric: | 9.45 |
| Date Public: | 2001-10-06 |
| Date First Published: | 2002-01-14 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2002-01-14 18:22 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 9 |