FKIE_CVE-2008-2956

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-07-01 22:41 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:54
Severity
Summary
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."
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31387
secalert@redhat.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495165/100/0/threaded
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
secalert@redhat.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2647
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31387
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495165/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2647
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
pidgin pidgin 2.0.0
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