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Gentoo: GLSA-200901-13 normal: pidgin remote execution, DoS risk

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Calendar Grey January 20, 2009
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Numerous flaws in Pidgin permit remote code exploit and Denial of Service attacks; immediate update is necessary for enhanced protection.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pidgin, allowing for remote arbitrary code execution, Denial of Service and service spoofing

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200901-13 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: January 20, 2009 Bugs: #230045, #234135 ID: 200901-13

Synopsis ======= Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pidgin, allowing for remote arbitrary code execution, Denial of Service and service spoofing.
Background ========= Pidgin (formerly Gaim) is an instant messaging client for a variety of instant messaging protocols. It is based on the libpurple instant messaging library.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-im/pidgin < 2.5.1 >= 2.5.1
========== Multiple vulnerabilities have been disc...

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