[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: pidgin-2.10.1-1.fc15

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2011-17546
2011-12-30 00:12:15
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Name        : pidgin
Product     : Fedora 15
Version     : 2.10.1
Release     : 1.fc15
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:

New release 2.10.1

Full Upstream ChangeLog:

http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
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ChangeLog:

* Thu Dec 29 2011 Stu Tomlinson <stu at nosnilmot.com> 2.10.1-1
- 2.10.1, includes security fixes for CVE-2011-3594, CVE-2011-4601,
  CVE-2011-4602, CVE-2011-4603
* Mon Nov 28 2011 Milan Crha <mcrha at redhat.com> 2.10.0-5
- Rebuild against newer evolution-data-server
* Sun Oct 30 2011 Bruno Wolff III <bruno at wolff.to> 2.10.0-4
- Rebuild against newer evolution-data-server
* Tue Aug 30 2011 Milan Crha <mcrha at redhat.com> 2.10.0-3
- Sync version with f16 branch
* Mon Aug 29 2011 Milan Crha <mcrha at redhat.com> 2.10.0-2
- Rebuild against newer evolution-data-server
* Sun Aug 21 2011 Stu Tomlinson <stu at nosnilmot.com> 2.10.0-1
- 2.10.0
- Link against system libgadu instead of using internal copy (#713888)
* Tue Aug 16 2011 Milan Crha <mcrha at redhat.com> 2.9.0-3
- Rebuild against newer evolution-data-server
* Thu Jul 21 2011 Petr Sabata <contyk at redhat.com> - 2.9.0-2
- Perl mass rebuild
* Thu Jun 30 2011 Stu Tomlinson <stu at nosnilmot.com> 2.8.0-3
- 2.9.0, includes security/DoS fix to work around gdk-pixbuf issue
  CVE-2011-2485
* Mon Jun 20 2011 Milan Crha <mcrha at redhat.com> 2.8.0-3
- Rebuild against new evolution-data-server
* Fri Jun 17 2011 Marcela Mašláňová <mmaslano at redhat.com> - 2.8.0-2
- Perl mass rebuild
* Mon Jun 13 2011 Stu Tomlinson <stu at nosnilmot.com> 2.8.0-1
- 2.8.0
* Fri May 20 2011 Kalev Lember <kalev at smartlink.ee> 2.7.11-4
- Rebuilt for libcamel soname bump
* Tue Apr 26 2011 Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> 2.7.11-3
- A few more NetworkManager 0.9 fixes
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #761517 - CVE-2011-4601 pidgin (libpurple): Invalid UTF-8 string handling in OSCAR messages
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761517
  [ 2 ] Bug #761510 - CVE-2011-4602 pidgin: Multiple NULL pointer deference flaws by processing certain Jingle stanzas in the XMPP protocol plug-in
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761510
  [ 3 ] Bug #766446 - CVE-2011-4603 pidgin: SILC remote crash on channel messages
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=766446
  [ 4 ] Bug #743481 - CVE-2011-3594 libpurple: invalid UTF-8 string handling in SILC messages
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743481
  [ 5 ] Bug #742450 - pidgin: Heap-based buffer overflow by processing certain SILC private messages
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742450
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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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