Debian Lenny DSA-1932-1 Critical: Pidgin Remote Code Execution

It was discovered that incorrect pointer handling in the purple library,
an internal component of the multi-protocol instant messaging client
Pidgin, could lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary
code through malformed contact requests.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4.3-4lenny5.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.6.3-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your pidgin package.

Upgrade instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny

Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, ar...