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Scientific Linux: Important Pidgin Security Update for SL4.x and SL5.x

Calendar Jan 14, 2010 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory directory traversal remote attack software upgrade important update pidgin Scientific Linux
Important: pidgin security update 
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:13:35 -0600
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: pidgin on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Important: pidgin security update
Issue date:	2010-01-14
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-0013

A directory traversal flaw was discovered in Pidgin's MSN protocol
implementation. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted
emoticon image download request that would cause Pidgin to disclose an
arbitrary file readable to the user running Pidgin. (CVE-2010-0013)

These packages upgrade Pidgin to version 2.6.5.

Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect.

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
pidgin-2.6.5-1.el4.1.src.rpm
 i386:
finch-2.6.5-1.el4.1.i386.rpm
finch-devel-2.6.5-1.el4.1.i386.rpm
libpurple-2.6.5-1.el4.1.i386.rpm
libpurple-devel-2.6.5-1.el4.1.i386.rpm
libpurple-perl-2.6.5-1.el4.1.i386.rpm
libpurple-tcl-2.6.5-1.el4.1.i386.rpm
pidgin-2.6.5-1.el4.1.i386.rpm
pidgin-devel-2.6.5-1.el4.1.i386.rpm
pidgin-perl-2.6.5-1.el4.1.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
finch-2.6.5-1.el4.1.x86_64.rpm
finch-devel-2.6.5-1.el4.1.x86_64.rpm
libpurple-2.6.5-1.el4.1.x86_64.rpm
libpurple-devel-2.6.5-1.el4.1.x86_64.rpm
libpurple-perl-2.6.5-1.el4.1.x86_64.rpm
libpurple-tcl-2.6.5-1.el4.1.x86_64.rpm
pidgin-2.6.5-1.el4.1.x86_64.rpm
pidgin-devel-2.6.5-1.el4.1.x86_64.rpm
pidgin-perl-2.6.5-1.el4.1.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
pidgin-2.6.5-1.el5.src.rpm
 i386:
finch-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
finch-devel-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
libpurple-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
libpurple-devel-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
libpurple-perl-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
libpurple-tcl-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
pidgin-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
pidgin-devel-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
pidgin-perl-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
finch-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
finch-2.6.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
finch-devel-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
finch-devel-2.6.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
libpurple-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
libpurple-2.6.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
libpurple-devel-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
libpurple-devel-2.6.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
libpurple-perl-2.6.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
libpurple-tcl-2.6.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
pidgin-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
pidgin-2.6.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
pidgin-devel-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
pidgin-devel-2.6.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
pidgin-perl-2.6.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson