| 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) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.11.0-0+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 2.12.0-1+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster | 2.13.0-2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.14.1-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.14.12-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.14.13-2 | 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