[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: pidgin-2.6.6-1.fc13
updates at fedoraproject.org
updates at fedoraproject.org
Sat Feb 20 00:13:53 UTC 2010
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2010-1934
2010-02-19 23:54:06
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Name : pidgin
Product : Fedora 13
Version : 2.6.6
Release : 1.fc13
URL : http://pidgin.im/
Summary : A Gtk+ based multiprotocol instant messaging client
Description :
Pidgin allows you to talk to anyone using a variety of messaging
protocols including AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu,
ICQ, IRC, Novell Groupwise, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, Simple and
Zephyr. These protocols are implemented using a modular, easy to
use design. To use a protocol, just add an account using the
account editor.
Pidgin supports many common features of other clients, as well as many
unique features, such as perl scripting, TCL scripting and C plugins.
Pidgin is not affiliated with or endorsed by America Online, Inc.,
Microsoft Corporation, Yahoo! Inc., or ICQ Inc.
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Update Information:
2.6.6 with security and numerous minor bug fixes CVE-2010-0277 CVE-2010-0420
CVE-2010-0423
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #554335 - CVE-2010-0277 pidgin MSN protocol plugin memory corruption
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554335
[ 2 ] Bug #565786 - CVE-2010-0420 pidgin: Finch XMPP MUC Crash
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565786
[ 3 ] Bug #565792 - CVE-2010-0423 pidgin: Smiley Denial of Service
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565792
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use
su -c 'yum update pidgin' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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