The host is running LAN Messenger and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.

Successful exploitation may allow remote attackers to cause the application to crash, creating a denial of service condition. Impact Level: Application

No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.

The flaw is triggered when processing a malformed initiation request and can be exploited to cause a denial of service via a specially crafted packet.

LAN Messenger versions 1.2.28 and prior

• http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112389/VL-537.txt
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18816
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522545
• http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=537
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/75319

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Updated on 2015-03-25