CVE-2008-2956

** DISPUTED ** Memory leak in Pidgin 2.0.0, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via malformed XML documents. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the upstream vendor, who states: "I was never able to identify a scenario under which a problem occurred and the original reporter wasn't able to supply any sort of reproduction details."

Link	Resource
http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
http://secunia.com/advisories/31387
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2647
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495165/100/0/threaded

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Published : 2008-07-01 10:41

Updated : 2023-02-12 08:15

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NVD link : CVE-2008-2956

Mitre link : CVE-2008-2956

No products.

CWE-399