CVE-2008-2956 - Memory leak in Pidgin 2.0.0, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial

CVE-2008-2956

Summary

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

Vulnerable Configurations

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

CVSS

Base:	5.0 (as of 07-08-2024 - 10:15)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-399

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

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

refmap via4

bid	29985
bugtraq	20080806 rPSA-2008-0246-1 gaim
confirm	http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2647
misc	http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1
mlist	[oss-security] 20080627 CVE Request (pidgin)
secunia	31387

Last major update

07-08-2024 - 10:15

Published

01-07-2008 - 22:41

Last modified

07-08-2024 - 10:15