Security researchers have issued a warning of a flaw in the Trillian cross-platform instant messaging (IM) client that puts users at risk of malicious hacker attacks. . . .. Security researchers have issued a warning of a flaw in the Trillian cross-platform instant messaging (IM) client that puts users at risk of malicious hacker attacks. The vulnerability has been reported in Trillian 0.74i, which is a free version of the product distributed by Cerulean Studios. An advisory from Secunia attached a "moderately critical" rating to the flaw, saying it exists in the MSN Module, which allows the client to connect to Microsoft's chat network. Secunia said the vulnerability is caused by a boundary error within the MSN module and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow by passing an overly long string (about 4096 bytes) from an MSN Messenger server. The link for this article located at Ryan Naraine is no longer available. . Alert released regarding Trillian vulnerability that can lead to cyber intrusions as a result of buffer overflow in its MSN component.. Trillian Flaw, Buffer Overflow, Instant Messaging Security. . Anthony Pell
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