CVE - CVE-2008-2956

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-2956	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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."
References
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BID:29985 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985 BUGTRAQ:20080806 rPSA-2008-0246-1 gaim URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495165/100/0/threaded CONFIRM:http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246 URL:http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246 CONFIRM:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2647 URL:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2647 MISC:http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1 URL:http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1 MLIST:[oss-security] 20080627 CVE Request (pidgin) URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3 SECUNIA:31387 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31387
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20080701	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080701)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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