CVE-2008-2956
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jul 1, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Jul 1, 2008
Description
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."
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 29985vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20080627 CVE Request (pidgin)mailing-list
- 31387third-party-advisory
- 20080806 rPSA-2008-0246-1 gaimmailing-list
- http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2647
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