8705.txt

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Rule: 

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Sid: 
8705

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Summary: 
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in YahooPOPS.

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Impact: 
Serious. Code execution is possible.

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Detailed Information:
YahooPOPS fails to properly sanitize user supplied input. This poor programming error may allow a remote attacker to overflow a fixed length buffer and subsequently execute code on a vulnerable system.

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Affected Systems:
YahooPOPS 0.6 and prior

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Attack Scenarios: 
An attacker would need to supply excess data to the service to cause the buffer overflow.

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Ease of Attack: 
Simple. Exploit code exists.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action: 
Disallow the use of YahooPOPS.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team

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Additional References:


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