Pidgin Security Update for Slackware
Posted on: 06/28/2011 07:35 AM
New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, and -current to fix a security issue.
Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/pidgin-2.9.0-i486-1_slack13.37.txz: Upgraded. Fixed a remote denial of service. A remote attacker could set a specially crafted GIF file as their buddy icon causing vulerable versions of pidgin to crash due to excessive memory use. For more information, see: http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=52 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2485 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+
Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+
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