CVE - CVE-2009-1889

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-1889	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:35530 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35530 MISC:35693 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35693 MISC:35697 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35697 MISC:35706 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35706 MISC:37071 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/37071 MISC:ADV-2009-1749 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1749~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:FEDORA-2009-7359 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00162.html MISC:FEDORA-2009-7370 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00176.html MISC:FEDORA-2009-7415 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00228.html MISC:RHSA-2009:1139 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1139.html MISC:USN-796-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-796-1 MISC:[devel] 20090528 [patch] libpurple/protocols/oscar: OOM and die on misparsed ICQWebMessage as ICQSMS URL:http://pidgin.im/pipermail/devel/2009-May/008227.html MISC:http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9483 URL:http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9483 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508738 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508738 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10004 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10004 MISC:pidgin-oscar-dos(51448) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51448
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20090602	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20090602)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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