Fedora 11: 2009-7359 Critical: Pidgin Protocol Fixes for DoS
fedora
July 3, 2009
Several important bug fixes: - More fixes for Yahoo protocol 16 - MSN,
MySpace, XMPP - CVE-2009-1889
Summary
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.
Update Information:
Several important bug fixes: - More fixes for Yahoo protocol 16 - MSN, MySpace, XMPP - CVE-2009-1889
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Sun Jun 28 2009 Warren Togami
References
[ 1 ] Bug #508738 - CVE-2009-1889 pidgin: DoS via specially-crafted ICQWebMessage
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508738
Update Instructions
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 .
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Name: pidgin
Product: Fedora 11
Version: 2.5.8
Release: 1.fc11
URL: http://pidgin.im/
Summary: A Gtk+ based multiprotocol instant messaging client
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