Is It Unsafe to Use ICQ???

[DJediMaster]

This article says using ICQ makes you vulnerable to hackers.

 

[chocobaR]

I don't think they would lie...

 

[HeSaidWhat]

That sounds like such a reliable article. Also if you are connected to the interent at all you are at risk of being hacked. Your knowledge of computers and the application of the information you have will determine just how high that risk is though.

 

[gsaldivar]

WTF?

A three-paragraph article from a Canadian website is "reliable"??

There aren't even any references or anything....

LOL

 

[Antisocial Virge]

Yea..the article is dumb. I have never heard of anyone having a computer hacked through ICQ in the way they are talking about. The give no proof of anything. I could say "Water gives you jungle-rot of the mouth" but would you believe me? Might as well say " This article sponsered by AIM" on the bottom.

 

[Damascus]

<< Might as well say " This article sponsered by AIM" on the bottom. >>



What do you mean by that?

 

[Antisocial Virge]

Guess it is kinda true even though the first article was still dumb.

And this is taken from the Bugtraq Mailinglist:
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This is very similar to the AIM overflow recently discovered.

ICQ protocol uses the same TLV (2711) packet and there is a similar
weakness in the parsing of the packet.


The details of this vulnerability will not be released until a
further time (when a patch has been implemented, probably). ICQ2000
clients are vulnerable. ICQ2001 clients do not appear to be
vulnerable under default setup conditions.

Execution of arbitary code is possible since EAX/EBX point to within
the payload.

Until AOL announces a patch/workaround, it is highly recommended to
restrict receiving of events (other than normal messages) to contacts you
know.