CVE-2008-2956

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  3. CVE-2008-2956
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."

5.0 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References
Link Resource
http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/31387
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
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

07 Nov 2023, 02:02

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary ** 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." 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."

12 Feb 2023, 20:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary CVE-2008-2956 pidgin: memory leak in XML parser ** 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
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2956', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2956', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453739', 'name': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453739', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}

02 Feb 2023, 17:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2956 -
  • (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453739 -
Summary ** 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." CVE-2008-2956 pidgin: memory leak in XML parser
Information

Published : 2008-07-01 22:41

Updated : 2024-04-11 00:44

NVD link : CVE-2008-2956

Mitre link : CVE-2008-2956

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-2956

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Products Affected

pidgin

  • pidgin
CWE
CWE-399

Resource Management Errors