Upstream information

CVE-2008-2956 at MITRE

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."

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 405619 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 pidgin Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 pidgin Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 pidgin Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 pidgin Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 pidgin Analysis
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 pidgin Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 pidgin Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 pidgin Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 pidgin Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 pidgin Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 pidgin Analysis
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 pidgin Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 pidgin Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 pidgin Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP4 pidgin Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 pidgin Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 pidgin Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP4 pidgin Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP5 pidgin Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6 pidgin Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.4 pidgin Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.5 pidgin Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.6 pidgin Analysis


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 16:05:28 2013
CVE page last modified: Wed Aug 26 16:25:12 2026