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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-2956

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CVE-2008-2956

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."

CVE Status:
Candidate

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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