CVE-2008-2956

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    CVE-2008-2956

    Published: 1 Jul 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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