[Pidgin] #6499: Yahoo packets, with service YAHOO_SERVICE_PICTURE, accepted from nonbuddies.

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Sun Aug 3 11:00:30 EDT 2008


#6499: Yahoo packets, with service YAHOO_SERVICE_PICTURE, accepted from
nonbuddies.
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Reporter:  wizardyesterday  |       Owner:  marv                 
    Type:  patch            |      Status:  new                  
Priority:  minor            |   Component:  Yahoo!               
 Version:  2.4.3            |    Keywords:  YAHOO_SERVICE_PICTURE
 Pending:  0                |  
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 I've made a modification to yahoo_process_picture() such that buddy icon
 downloads/uploads only occur if the privacy criteria are accepted.  This
 can allow (and has allowed) someone to create a packet, with
 YAHOO_SERVICE_PICTURE, to insert their own IP address where to retrieve
 the buddy icon from that IP address and cause the chat client to visit
 that "website" to retrieve the picture.  The result was the posting of IP
 addresses to yahoo chatrooms.
 Having a user's IP address posted to a chatroom isn't the most terrible
 thing... just more of an annoyance.
 This change has the added benefit that others cannot view your yahoo buddy
 icon if privacy settings are appropriately set.
 Also, remove my first name and initial as appropriate from the file.  I
 need not take credit for this change.

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