23528 : Trillian AIM Plugin Null Message DoS
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
3	1472	over 6 years ago	over 3 years ago	2 times	90%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2005-09-26	2006-02-28	2006-02-28

Time to Exploit
155 days

Description

Trillian contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when a blank AOL AIM message is received, and will result in loss of availability for the software.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Technical

It is not necessary for the victim to accept or interact with the message to kill the client software. The client will display the message "Trillian has encountered an error and must close." A log of the crash will be created in the Trillian "Crash Files" directory.

Solution

Upgrade to Trillian AOL plugin version 3.1.0.126 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Cerulean Studios	Trillian Pro	3.1.0.121
Cerulean Studios	Trillian Basic	3.1.0.121

References

Vendor URL: http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/
Other Advisory URL: http://www.cirt.net/advisories/trillian_blankdos.shtml

Credit

Sullo - sullocirt.net - cirt.net

CVSSv2 Score

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Anonymous - 2008/08/20 01:21:56

Cerulean's website is http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/

(not cerulian, as spelled above)

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