CVE-2008-2956

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2008-2956

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." ** DISPUTED ** Fuga de memoria en Pidgin 2.0.0 y posiblemente otras versiones, permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (consumo de memoria) a través documentos XML malformados. NOTA: este problema ha sido disputado por el proveedor original, que dice: 'Nunca he podido identificar un escenario en que problema ocurrió y el investigador original no pudo suministrar cualquier tipo de detalles de la reproducción.' • http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1 http://secunia.com/advisories/31387 http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495165/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2647 • CWE-399: Resource Management Errors •