[Pidgin] #5620: serious leak

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#5620: serious leak
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  Reporter:  ddyer         |       Owner:  lschiere
      Type:  defect        |      Status:  new     
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:          
 Component:  unclassified  |     Version:  2.4.1   
Resolution:                |    Keywords:          
   Pending:  0             |  
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Comment (by ddyer):

 I suspect this might be related to some malware.  I've seen attacks
 that look like giant "authorization request" packets trying to cause
 a buffer overflow.  Right now, my debug window shows continuous chatter
 like this:

 (10:27:06) jabber: Sending (ssl): <iq type='get' id='purple882db3c8'><ping
 xmlns='urn:xmpp:ping'/></iq>
 (10:27:06) jabber: Recv (ssl)(216): <iq type="error" id="purple882db3c8"
 to="ddyer0 at gmail.com/HomeF7296A7C"><ping xmlns="urn:xmpp:ping"/><error
 code="501" type="cancel"><feature-not-implemented
 xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-stanzas"/></error></iq>
 (10:27:36) jabber: Sending (ssl): <iq type='get' id='purple882db3c9'><ping
 xmlns='urn:xmpp:ping'/></iq>
 (10:27:36) jabber: Recv (ssl)(216): <iq type="error" id="purple882db3c9"
 to="ddyer0 at gmail.com/HomeF7296A7C"><ping xmlns="urn:xmpp:ping"/><error
 code="501" type="cancel"><feature-not-implemented
 xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-stanzas"/></error></iq>
 (10:28:06) jabber: Sending (ssl): <iq type='get' id='purple882db3ca'><ping
 xmlns='urn:xmpp:ping'/></iq>
 (10:28:06) jabber: Recv (ssl)(216): <iq type="error" id="purple882db3ca"
 to="ddyer0 at gmail.com/HomeF7296A7C"><ping xmlns="urn:xmpp:ping"/><error
 code="501" type="cancel"><feature-not-implemented
 xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-stanzas"/></error></iq>
 (10:28:36) jabber: Sending (ssl): <iq type='get' id='purple882db3cb'><ping
 xmlns='urn:xmpp:ping'/></iq>
 (10:28:36) jabber: Recv (ssl)(216): <iq type="error" id="purple882db3cb"
 to="ddyer0 at gmail.com/HomeF7296A7C"><ping xmlns="urn:xmpp:ping"/><error
 code="501" type="cancel"><feature-not-implemented
 xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-stanzas"/></error></iq>

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