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Yahoo Messenger vulnerable, says McAfee

Stephen Withers
Friday, 17 August 2007 03:20

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Security researchers at McAfee's Avert Labs have confirmed a new vulnerability in Yahoo Messenger.

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According to the Avert blog, the problem can be triggered by a malicious webcam invitation.

Until the software is patched, McAfee recommends users avoid accepting webcam invitations from untrusted sources (always a good idea) and suggests blocking TCP port 5100.

Yahoo is reportedly working on a fix, but as of this writing the affected version (8.1.0.413) is still current.

The flaw was first noted in a Chinese security forum.

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