CVE-2008-2956
CVE-2008-2956
This page contains facts from public vulnerability sources. Check the original advisory before updating.
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."
EPSS 2.0%
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
n/a
- Versions
- n/a: Affected
No fix published
pidgin Debian:12
- Versions
- 2.14.12-1
- 2.14.12-1.1
- 2.14.12-1.1~exp1
- 2.14.13-1
- 2.14.13-2
- 2.14.14-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
pidgin Debian:13
- Versions
- 2.14.14-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
pidgin Debian:14
- Versions
- 2.14.14-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
Original sources
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31387
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495165/100/0/threaded
- http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2647
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2956