CVE-2008-2956 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers could cause denial of service in Pidgin via malformed XML, though the issue is disputed and lacks reproduction details.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-2956?
CVE-2008-2956 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Pidgin Pidgin, published on 1 Jul 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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."
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2956?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pidgin Pidgin.
How do I fix CVE-2008-2956?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-2956 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-2956 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2956 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Pidgin Pidgin
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2956, GHSA-f69j-274h-2m7w.