CVE-2008-2956

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2956
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-07-01 22:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMemory 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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.0.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
tidbit - CRISP af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 crisp.cs.du.edu
Pidgin UPnP and Jabber Protocols Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - CVE Request (pidgin) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
rPath update for gaim - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2647 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
CVE-2008-2956 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Bug 453739 – CVE-2008-2956 pidgin: memory leak in XML parser MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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