AOL Instant Messenger Remote Hole

The DSL Guy writes: "The non-profit security team w00w00.org started off 2002 by uncovering a serious flaw in AOL's Instant Messenger protocol. With over 100 million people registered on the AIM service, this vulnerability poses a serious security risk for Internet users worldwide. This flaw can enable remote users to execute code on any machine logged into the AOL IM service. "So easy to hack, no wonder it's number one!" Details can be found at the w00w00 site."

Comments

Re:Ouch...

[Hiro Antagonist]

Had you read the article, you would know the answer to this is "no":

This does not affect the non-Windows versions, because the non-Windows versions currently do not yet support the feature that this vulnerability occurs in.

(Taken from the article).

Sue them

[Anonymous Coward]

I know this will be an unpopular opinion but here it goes.

AOL should sue these bastards for damages.

By releasing information about this exploit the hacker group, not AOL, should take the responsibility for any abuse.

Re:Why not wait a day?

[Anonymous Coward]

Or maybe they just hate AOL like I do and want to make them squirm...

Now that's very adult of you.

I bet you hate "Micro$oft" too and everyone else who isn't either into the socialist open source utopia or the elitist "AOL is for losers" attitude. What a twit.

Anything AOL is like The Teletubbies...

[Stackis]

Anything AOL is like The Teletubbies...

Including their IM....it's kiddie time once again...

I think it's as funny as hell, that they're little IM is vunerable...

AOL is nothing but a G thang....and that G doesn't stand for GOOD!