Bug 508738 (CVE-2009-1889)

Summary:	CVE-2009-1889 pidgin: DoS via specially-crafted ICQWebMessage
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	kreilly, security-response-team, wtogami
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9483
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Last Closed:	2009-11-19 15:31:43 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	508740, 508741, 508742, 508743, 508744, 833959
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2009-06-29 17:13:42 UTC

An out-of-memory denial of service flaw was found in the Pidgin's
Open System for CommunicAtion in Realtime (OSCAR) protocol implementation.
If a remote ICQ user sent a web message to the local Pidgin user using this protocol, it would lead to excessive memory allocation and denial of service (Pidgin crash). 

References:
http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9483
http://pidgin.im/pipermail/devel/2009-May/008227.html

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2009-07-02 15:23:35 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2009:1139 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1139.html

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2009-07-03 19:45:00 UTC

pidgin-2.5.8-1.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2009-07-03 19:47:16 UTC

pidgin-2.5.8-1.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2009-07-03 19:55:42 UTC

pidgin-2.5.8-1.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.