CVE-2009-1889

Name	CVE-2009-1889
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	535790

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
pidgin (PTS)	buster	2.13.0-2	fixed
	bullseye	2.14.1-1	fixed
	trixie, bookworm	2.14.12-1	fixed
	sid	2.14.13-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
pidgin	source	(unstable)	2.5.8-1	low		535790

Notes

[lenny] - pidgin <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9483
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/9bac0a540156fb1848eedd61c8630737dee752c7