America Online (AOL) Deskbar.dll and Toolbar.dll denial of service
| aol-deskbar-toolbar-dos (33309) |  Low Risk |
Description:
America Online (AOL) is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending specially-crafted code to the Deskbar.dll and the Toolbar.dll files, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the browser.
Platforms Affected:
- AOL, AOL 9.0 Rev 4156.910
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of America Online (AOL) (9.0 or later), available from the America Online Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- America Online Web site, AOL Downloads at http://downloads.channel.aol.com/windowsproducts.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Mar 29 2007 - 12:52:34 CDT , AOL 9.0 Deskbar.dll/Toolbar.dll DoS Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-03/0392.html.
- CVE-2007-1767: Unspecified vulnerability in (1) Deskbar.dll and (2) Toolbar.dll in AOL 9.0 before February 2007 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via unknown vectors.
Reported:
Mar 29, 2007
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