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Slackware 14.1: 2014-034-01 Critical Pidgin Security Issue Fix

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Calendar Grey February 3, 2014
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Address essential security vulnerabilities by refreshing the pidgin packages on Slackware systems; detailed upgrade guidelines provided.
New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes various security issues and other bugs. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6152 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6477 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6478 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6479 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6481 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6482 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6483 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6484 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6485 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6486 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6487 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6489 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6490 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0020 (* Security fix *)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical software update Slackware package fix pidgin

Where Find New Packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating 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 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 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 13.0 package: d125fc16d51b970be44fb6367f427fb7 pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: 56d549ed78d34479a6d5cae16fc90a08 pidgin-2.10.9-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: 89963dc22f6c039e220a764d7996aa7e pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 1ad701e1b2e38f82f7930f7096c515df pidgin-2.10.9-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package: e3cc0931b2c51d359952abb56b3b0e40 pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: f14f5e39525acdc2d1ca62e88fd80bb5 pidgin-2.10.9-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: 35e6845a786f92221e94de456080813a pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 7f7f74a1daf52c055732d7931c789aed pidgin-2.10.9-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: 31758ebc96f326717320b918c4e604aa pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: b673b9d3b00b21b9609708e692f80f33 pidgin-2.10.9-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware -current package: 1a63922879222e638dc4f25bffcf0a60 xap/pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 8fe81b1bcfb205c43a546d39f8ae3024 xap/pidgin-2.10.9-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical software update Slackware package fix pidgin

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

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