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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-2956 |
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Original Page at CVE MITRE: CVE-2008-2956 |
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Description: ** 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." |
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CVE Status: Candidate |
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References: SAID Secunia Advisory: SA31387 MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3 MISC http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1 CONFIRM http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246 BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/495165/100/0/threaded BID 29985 |
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