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| Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - Hardware/Software - SECURITY HOLE: AOL Instant Messenger |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get.  Level: 73  Posts: 259/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| FYI, there is a "critical security hole" in AOL Instant Messenger. Seeing as so many people here are AIM users, I thought I would pass this on so that you know. There is an news article here: AOL IM "Away" message flaw deemed critical and a more specific outline of the problem here: iDEFENSE: I'm sure most of you use an alternate IM client (ie, Trillian, gAIM, Adium, etc) but for those who are using AOL's AIM client, this is for you. You guys will have to either switch to a different AIM client, or upgrade to the most recent beta available from the AIM site. Enjoy. |
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FreeDOS Lava Lotus Wannabe-Mod :< Level: 59 Posts: 624/1657 EXP: 1648646 For next: 24482 Since: 03-15-04 From: Seattle Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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Real news would be a version of AIM without exploits.  |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 261/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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True, but they don't usually announce the danged things a whole lot.  Still, thought it would be fair to warn those that are using AIM. Which incidentally, is not me. |
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Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 4056/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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AOL should make AIM from scratch. You know it's outdated when the folder it's installed in is called AIM95...  I have used Trillian since long time ago. I still use the MSN client seperatly, but just becuse of some of the features it have (which Trillian dosen't support )If it's not Trillian I use, it's GAIM. |
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Surlent サーレント Level: 49  Posts: 528/1077 EXP: 863920 For next: 19963 Since: 03-15-04 From: Tower of Lezard Valeth Since last post: 16 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Originally posted by Yuri Or just use Miranda IM  It's very small, hardly uses any system resources and unites ICQ, AIM, MSN and an IRC client. As for AIM, usually I was satisfied with it (unlike the ICQ stand-alone messenger which sometikes takes ages to load at its start-up), but hearing about these security issues is not too good. Even the firewall cannot prevent these issues, since the required port(s) anyway need(s) to be open and any chat application requires server access (edited by Surlent on 08-11-04 09:51 AM) |
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DarkSlaya POOOOOOOOOOOORN! Level: 88 Posts: 1064/4249 EXP: 6409254 For next: 241410 Since: 05-16-04 From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 8 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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| I used to use AIM but now I use Trillian. I could've been killed if I wouldn't have switched! | |||
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 262/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Ah, Surlent, I forgot Miranda, didn't I? I've used that before too, and I quite like that one as well, and just that little more versatile than Trillian is out-of-the-box too  Course, I don't use Miranda at the moment, I'm using Adium. Fear the duck. |
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FreeDOS Lava Lotus Wannabe-Mod :< Level: 59 Posts: 626/1657 EXP: 1648646 For next: 24482 Since: 03-15-04 From: Seattle Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| Of course, any exploit is serious and shouldn't be ignored... It's also impossible (almost) to list nearly every AIM clone, or every program that supports AIM . Most probably don't work, some probably haven't gotten past the stage of "Hey, it'll be cool to make my own AIM program!" For myself, I use Gaim, partly because it's more secure than the real AIM, partly because the official AIM client on Linux sucks. |
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neotransotaku Baby Mario 戻れたら、 誰も気が付く Level: 87 Posts: 1195/4016 EXP: 6220548 For next: 172226 Since: 03-15-04 From: Outside of Time/Space Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| hmm....buffer overrun...don't you love these C vulnerabilities anyways, i'm not sure if I'm going to change over to a different AIM client and I'm relucant to upgrade past AIM v5.2. Not sure what I'm going to do  thanks for the tip off |
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Shadic Cukeman Level: 27  Posts: 60/304 EXP: 111073 For next: 5086 Since: 08-20-04 From: Somewhere, Over the Rainbow! Since last post: 9 days Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Wait, you have to click on a link? If I read that right, it's nothing. >.< Just don't click on hotlinks from people you don't trust. |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 279/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| It probably is nothing to you, but I wonder how it's going to affect all the users that don't think before they click.. | |||
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 1492/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| It is more serious than it seems. Imagine you had AIM open and came across this in a webpage: < You're screwed.  |
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neotransotaku Baby Mario 戻れたら、 誰も気が付く Level: 87 Posts: 1318/4016 EXP: 6220548 For next: 172226 Since: 03-15-04 From: Outside of Time/Space Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| yup...it is pretty much this is why I have now defected from AIM and is now using gaim... | |||
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 698/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| You know, this can probably be unstickied by now Unless I find a new vulnerability, of course. Hehehe....(edited by Tarale on 11-02-04 09:59 PM) |
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DarkSlaya POOOOOOOOOOOORN! Level: 88 Posts: 2415/4249 EXP: 6409254 For next: 241410 Since: 05-16-04 From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 8 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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Originally posted by Tarale If this is like IE, than you'll find some real fast But yeah, I guess this Security Hole has been fixed. Hurray for AOHell. |
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neotransotaku Baby Mario 戻れたら、 誰も気が付く Level: 87 Posts: 1613/4016 EXP: 6220548 For next: 172226 Since: 03-15-04 From: Outside of Time/Space Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| this only effected AOL Instant Messenger so I do not think it is so bad since AOLIM is much much better than AOL itself... after all, there is no series of patches that will fix up AOL... |
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