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Slackware 13.1: 2011-055-01 Pidgin Information Leak - Moderate Risk

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Calendar Grey February 25, 2011
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Recent pidgin updates for Slackware address a data exposure vulnerability outlined in the latest Slackware advisory.
New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix a security issue

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/pidgin-2.7.10-i486-1_slack13.1.txz: Upgraded. Fixed potential information disclosure issue in libpurple. (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate information leak update slackware pidgin

Where Find New Packages

HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading directly from ftp.slackware.com.
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 12.0:
Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
Updated package for Slackware 12.2:
Updated package for Slackware 13.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
Updated package for Slackware 13.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 12.0 package: 639d14ad11fc7df9a2144d902416dc18 pidgin-2.7.10-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz
Slackware 12.1 package: 1b32b5eea9b036bfcb6700ee53efd8a3 pidgin-2.7.10-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
Slackware 12.2 package: e14dc4935ba04824a8212fa6cd200d1b pidgin-2.7.10-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
Slackware 13.0 package: a815411654ae4bade1b2da86fc0a7c2b pidgin-2.7.10-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: 90ba3fc3a66a9151b58d3c31263d8b76 pidgin-2.7.10-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: e28e50c9228699ec3c15a4e9e27bf9ee pidgin-2.7.10-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: fd3c6651fc3bfa69c8926989bbad00e4 pidgin-2.7.10-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware -current package: 403d57466d634d06155374aa5509630c pidgin-2.7.10-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 94fa5a028bf5e909b3044f883d404445 pidgin-2.7.10-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate information leak update slackware pidgin

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg pidgin-2.7.10-i486-1_slack13.1.txz