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CVE-2008-2956
Published: Jul 1, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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."
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
29985
vdb-entry
[oss-security] 20080627 CVE Request (pidgin)
mailing-list
31387
third-party-advisory
20080806 rPSA-2008-0246-1 gaim
mailing-list
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