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CVE-2009-1889

Published: 1 July 2009

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.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
pidgin
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy
Released (1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.5)
intrepid
Released (1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1.3)
jaunty
Released (1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.3)
upstream
Released (2.5.8-1)
Patches:
upstream: http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/9bac0a540156fb1848eedd61c8630737dee752c7