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Fedora 24: 2017-40d29c8e84 moderate: kopete user impersonation

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Calendar Grey February 23, 2017
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An update for Kopete in Fedora 24 resolves a vulnerability related to user impersonation, enhancing the security of communications.
Latest stable upstream release, includes security fix for CVE-2017-5593

Summary

Instant messenger.

Update Information:

Latest stable upstream release, includes security fix for CVE-2017-5593

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora security fix threat mitigation kopete user impersonation

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1421069 - CVE-2017-5593 psi-plus: User impersonation vulnerability https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421069

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade kopete' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

Name: kopete
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 16.12.2
Release: 2.fc24
URL:
Summary: Instant messenger

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora security fix threat mitigation kopete user impersonation

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