Windows Messenger is installed

This host is installed with Microsoft Windows Messenger and is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winmessengerinstalled.nasl 6053 2017-05-01 09:02:51Z teissa $ Description: Windows Messenger is installed Authors: Xue Yong Zhi Copyright: Copyright C 2003 Xue Yong Zh...

CVE-2002-1831

Microsoft MSN Messenger Service 1.0 through 4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash via an invite request that contains hex-encoded spaces %20 in the Invitation-Cookie field...

CVE-2002-1831: Undefined Security Weakness

Microsoft MSN Messenger Service 1.0 through 4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash via an invite request that contains hex-encoded spaces %20 in the Invitation-Cookie field...

CVE-2002-1698: Undefined Security Weakness

Buffer overflow in Microsoft MSN Messenger Service 1.0 through 4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash via a long FN font argument in the message header...

CVE-2002-0472

MSN Messenger Service 3.6, and possibly other versions, uses weak authentication when exchanging messages between clients, which allows remote attackers to spoof messages from other users...

CVE-2002-0472: Undefined Security Weakness

MSN Messenger Service 3.6, and possibly other versions, uses weak authentication when exchanging messages between clients, which allows remote attackers to spoof messages from other users...