Bug 521823 (CVE-2009-2703)

Summary: CVE-2009-2703 Pidgin: NULL pointer dereference by handling IRC topic(s) (DoS)
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: kreilly, mjc, wtogami
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OS: Linux   
URL: http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=40
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Bug Depends On: 522536, 522537, 522538, 522539, 529416, 833962    
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PoC from issue reporter - Cristofaro Mune none

Description Jan Lieskovsky 2009-09-08 13:03:32 UTC 
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Pidgin IRC protocol plugin,
by handling IRC topics. A malicious IRC server could send
a specially-crafted IRC TOPIC message, which once received by Pidgin
would lead to denial of service (Pidgin crash). 

References:
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http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=40
http://pidgin.im/pipermail/devel/2009-September/008850.html

Upstream patch:
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http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/ad2c6ee53ec9122b25aeb1f918db53be69bdeac3

Credit:
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Cristofaro Mune
Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2009-09-08 13:08:30 UTC 
This issue affects the versions of Pidgin package, as shipped
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5. 

This issue was already addressed in the versions of Pidgin
package, as shipped with Fedora 10 and 11. Relevant versions:

Fedora 10: pidgin-2.6.2-1.fc10.1
Fedora 11: pidgin-2.6.2-1.fc11
Comment 3 Jan Lieskovsky 2009-09-08 13:14:23 UTC 
Created attachment 360074 [details]
PoC from issue reporter - Cristofaro Mune
Comment 4 Jan Lieskovsky 2009-09-09 14:45:37 UTC 
MITRE's CVE-2009-2703 record:
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libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple
in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of
service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a TOPIC
message that lacks a topic string.

References:
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2703
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/ad2c6ee53ec9122b25aeb1f918db53be69bdeac3
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=40
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36277
http://secunia.com/advisories/36601
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2009-09-21 15:46:21 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2009:1453 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1453.html
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2009-10-29 14:20:34 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3

Via RHSA-2009:1535 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1535.html