CVE-2009-1889

Publication date 1 July 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

The OSCAR protocol implementation in Pidgin before 2.5.8 misinterprets the ICQWebMessage message type as the ICQSMS message type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ICQ web message that triggers allocation of a large amount of memory.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
pidgin	9.04 jaunty	Fixed 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.3
	8.10 intrepid	Fixed 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1.3
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.5
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release

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Patch details

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
pidgin	Upstream: http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/9bac0a540156fb1848eedd61c8630737dee752c7

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-796-1
Pidgin vulnerability
6 July 2009

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1889