ICQ chat program allows other users to gain sensitive information
| icq-ip-info (1398) |  Low Risk |
Description:
ICQ could allow attackers to obtain a victim's IP address, as well as other sensitive information that could benefit the attacker in a potential attack.
Platforms Affected:
- ICQ, ICQ
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Obtain Information
References:
- Black Sun Research Facility Web site, The ICQ Security Tutorial at http://blacksun.box.sk/icq.html.
- BugTraq Mailing List, 11 Nov 1998 18:16:40, WARNING: Another ICQ IP address vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/1998_4/0422.html.
- Insecure.org, ICQ Spoofing at http://www.insecure.org/sploits/icq.sp00fer.html.
- CVE-1999-1289: ICQ 98 beta on Windows NT leaks the internal IP address of a client in the TCP data segment of an ICQ packet instead of the public address (e.g. through NAT), which provides remote attackers with potentially sensitive information about the client or the internal network configuration.
Reported:
Nov 11, 1998
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