[EXPL] A Security Vulnerability in AIM Causes a DoS (Exploit)

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Date: 10/06/01 

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Subject: [EXPL] A Security Vulnerability in AIM Causes a DoS (Exploit)
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  A Security Vulnerability in AIM Causes a DoS (Exploit)
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SUMMARY

AIM, AOL Instant Messenger, contains a security vulnerability that allows
attackers to cause the remote client to crash by sending it a large amount
of a specific HTML Tag.

DETAILS

A security vulnerability in the way AIM handles incoming HTML code, allows
remote attackers to crash it by sending it the HTML comment opener tag
(<!---).

An exploit code can be downloaded from:
 <http://sec.angrypacket.com/code.php> http://sec.angrypacket.com/code.php

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by
<mailto:methodic@slartibartfast.angrypacket.com> Tony Lambiris.

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