Bug 521853 (CVE-2009-3085)

Summary:	CVE-2009-3085 Pidgin: NULL pointer dereference by processing a custom smiley (DoS)
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, mjc, wtogami
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=37
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Last Closed:	2010-03-29 09:11:23 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	522536, 522537, 522538, 522539, 833962
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2009-09-08 14:23:27 UTC

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Pidgin XMPP protocol plugin,
by processing error iq response(s) when trying to fetch a custom smiley.
A remote client could send a specially-crafted iq error response, leading
to a denial of service (Pidgin crash).

References:
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http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=37

Upstream patch:
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http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/fd5955618eddcd84d522b30ff11102f9601f38c8

Credit:
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Florob, Waqas, Paul Aurich and Marcus Lundblad

Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2009-09-08 14:25:46 UTC

This issue does NOT affect the version of Pidgin package, as shipped
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

This issue affects the versions of Pidgin package, as shipped
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 2 Jan Lieskovsky 2009-09-09 15:36:06 UTC

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2009-3085 to
the following vulnerability:

The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 does not
properly handle an error IQ stanza during an attempted fetch of a
custom smiley, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (application crash) via XHTML-IM content with cid: images.

References:
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3085
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/fd5955618eddcd84d522b30ff11102f9601f38c8
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=37
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36277
http://secunia.com/advisories/36601

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2009-09-21 15:46:16 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