Ok, the port is used for remote controlling too, I'm checking what's
wrong with it...

On 4/22/07, Álvaro J. Iradier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Isn't the profile lock port binded to 127.0.0.1, so it only listens to
> local connections? in that case, it can't be remotely exploited...
>
> On 4/22/07, Youness Alaoui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm a developer and admin of the aMSN project, someone just sent me this 
> > link
> > ( http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-April/053912.html 
> > ).
> >
> > I just grepped in the source code and that port (31337) is not used by 
> > aMSN, it could be a port used for a
> > profile (as a locking system), in which case the port is randomly chosen 
> > each time, so this is probably just a
> > fluke, he found the port of his current aMSN instance and used it.
> >
> > As I don't have more info, I can't really test this bug and find the real 
> > cause and fix it, so it would be nice
> > to have more info about this.
> >
> > Seeing how the user replied on the "Vendor contacted?" tag, I wonder if I 
> > can get any more info on this matter.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > KaKaRoTo
> >
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