Bug 508738 (CVE-2009-1889) - CVE-2009-1889 pidgin: DoS via specially-crafted ICQWebMessage
Summary: CVE-2009-1889 pidgin: DoS via specially-crafted ICQWebMessage
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2009-1889
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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URL: http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9483
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Depends On: 508740 508741 508742 508743 508744 833959
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-06-29 17:13 UTC by Jan Lieskovsky
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:30 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2009-11-19 15:31:43 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2009:1139 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: pidgin security and bug fix update 2009-07-02 15:23:25 UTC

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.
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