Security hole in NetMeeting Desktop Sharing

[Aloke]

I want to know the security hole in NetMeeting Desktop Sharing and what is a Vulnerability related to NetMeeting. Recently I had gone through a article on various windows flaws. The article states a netmeeting Vulnerability which catched my attention as I am using it. What does it relate to and how dangerous it is. The same question if for Overflow New. A user always blame the internet or other sites for virus. But if this branded software has security hole in them then what action must be taken. Also post some details about OCX Attachment.

[Shen]

It is new about the AOL Instant Messenger Overflow. In this you have a vulnerability exists which allow the malicious user to remotely to go into the victim system without giving any indication as to the perform of the attack. It has the major security in the latest stable 4.7.2480 and the beta to the 4.8.2616 Windows versions.

[Steve123]

You will be having no opportunity to reject the request. This will not effect the non windows versions. Because of the non windows versions which currently do not have the support to the features to this susceptibility. This is particularly susceptibility from the result of an overflow code which will parses a game request.

[Milton.J]

NetMeeting Desktop Sharing Vulnerability. A security susceptibility is exist in the NetMeeting which could agree to a malevolent user for temporarily protect an affected machine for giving it a NetMeeting services which will possibly consume 100% CPU utilization during an attack. It has been discovered in a component of NetMeeting by a remote denial.

[Spyrus]

The rejection of this service can take place when the malevolent client sends a particular malformed string to a port in which the NetMeeting service will be listening to the Remote Desktop Sharing enabled. The OCX attachment Vulnerability is a security which exist the control of the OCX, which is connected with Windows Media Player.

[Snake08]

OCX Attachment Vulnerability which could cause most of the email application to fail. It will ask the user to restart the email client to stop the normal operation. OCX control container which can grasp the multiple ActiveX controls. It is connected with the Windows Media Player which can be used in denial of service attack against RTF-enabled e-mail clients.