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CVE-2009-1889

Publication date 1 July 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
pidgin 9.04 jaunty
Fixed 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.3
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1.3
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.5
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
pidgin

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