GHSA-F69J-274H-2M7W

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 23:55 – Updated: 2022-05-01 23:55
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** 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."

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2008-2956"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2008-07-01T22:41:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "** 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\u0027t able to supply any sort of reproduction details.\"",
  "id": "GHSA-f69j-274h-2m7w",
  "modified": "2022-05-01T23:55:07Z",
  "published": "2022-05-01T23:55:07Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2956"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2956"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453739"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2647"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31387"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495165/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}



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