Yahoo Messenger Denial of Service attack

Summary
This host has Yahoo Messenger or Pager installed and is prone to Denial of Service Vulnerability.
Impact
Successful attacks can cause Yahoo Messenger to crash by sending a few bytes of garbage into its listening port TCP 5101. Impact Level: Application
Solution
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
Insight
The flaw is cause due to buffer overflow error while sending a long URL within a message.
Affected
Yahoo Messenger/Pager
References