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Older versions of Yahoo! Messenger are subject to a security flaw that could allow crackers to run hostile code on vulnerable systems, according to security researchers.

The vulnerability stems from a buffer overflow bug in versions of Yahoo! Messenger earlier than 5.6.0.1351. The latest version (5.6.0.135 of Yahoo! Messenger is immune to the problem but users of earlier versions reportedly cannot upgrade to the new version unless they reinstall the product.

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