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Fedora: 2017-8840ec0204 Critical: Empathy Instant Messaging Update

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Calendar Grey April 1, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Resolves certificate verification issues in compassion for Fedora 26, eliminating outdated CAs in the newest security patch.
Fix certificate validation to work without legacy CAs

Summary

Empathy is powerful multi-protocol instant messaging client which

supports Jabber, GTalk, MSN, IRC, Salut, and other protocols.

It is built on top of the Telepathy framework.

Update Information:

Fix certificate validation to work without legacy CAs. ---- empathy 3.12.13 release. For details, see https://mail.gnome.org/archives/ftp-release-list/2017-March/msg00077.html

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1381671 - Fails to connect to Google, with legacy CAs disabled, or with ca-certificates version 2.10 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381671

Update Instructions

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

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Name: empathy
Product: Fedora 26
Version: 3.12.13
Release: 2.fc26
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Summary: Instant Messaging Client for GNOME

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