CVE-2002-2361 (GCVE-0-2002-2361)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-10-29 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:20
VLAI
Summary
The installer in Yahoo! Messenger 4.0, 5.0 and 5.5 does not verify package signatures which could allow remote attackers to install trojan programs via DNS spoofing.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9984.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2002… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5579 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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